Antiarrhythmic pacemaker: a proposal
Critelli, G.; Grassi, G.
Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia 10(11): 1526-1531
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0046-5968 PMID: 7202900 Document Number: 160075
We feel more and more the necessity to have an antiarrhythmic device able to interrupt a tachycardia. Unfortunately, at the present time, an implantable antiarrhythmic device isn't available. Personalized devices are used; these, in spite of useful results in single case, present some limitations for the standardization. Through positive preliminary results, we propose an antiarrhythmic device able to allow the automatic research of the interruption zone by tachycardia cycle "scanning". This device, which utilizes the radiofrequency as synchronizing and stimulating mean, permits the long-term treatment of re-entry tachycardia.