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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is characterized by rapid (>300 beats a per minute), irregular electrical activation with variable electrocardiographic waveforms that prevents coordinated myocardial contraction, resulting in immediate loss of cardiac output.1 It most commonly occurs in the context of coronary artery disease.2,3 Resuscitation efforts are critically time-dependent: with each minute of untreated VF, the survival rate declines […]

Michael Ackerman, HRS 2019 – Avoiding ICD Implantation in Primary Electrical Disease

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Published Online: Jun 14th 2019

Michael Ackerman (Genetic Cardiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA) discusses the avoidance of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in primary electrical disease and how this might be achieved in practice.

Questions:
1. How can we avoid implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation in primary electrical disease? (0:09)

Disclosures: Michael Ackerman is a consultant for Audentes Therapeutics, Boston Scientific, Gilead Sciences, Invitae, Medtronic, MyoKardia and St Jude Medical, and receives equity/royalties from AliveCor, Blue Ox Health and StemoniX.

Filmed in partnership with Arrhythmia Alliance.

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