The "Defibrillation Testing, Why Not?" survey. Testing of subcutaneous and transvenous defibrillators in the Italian clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Defibrillation testing (DT) can be omitted in patients undergoing transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (T-ICD) implantation, but it is still recommended for patients at risk for a high defibrillation threshold and for ICD generator changes. Moreover, DT is still recommended on implantation of subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD). The aim of the present survey was to analyze the current practice of DT during T-ICD and S-ICD implantations.

Methods

In March 2021, an ad hoc questionnaire on the current performance of DT and the standard practice adopted during testing was completed at 72 Italian centers implanting S-ICD and T-ICD.

Results

48 (67%) operators reported never performing DT during de-novo T-ICD implantations, while no operators perform it systemat

SUBMITTER: Migliore F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761693 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature