Long-term incidence of inappropriate shocks in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators in clinical practice-an underestimated complication?
Daniel HoferJan SteffelDavid HürlimannLaurent HaegeliThomas F LüscherFirat DuruUrs ErikssonNazmi KrasniqiPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2017)
Inappropriate shocks are an underestimated and frequent problem in clinical practice with an incidence that may exceed numbers of previously reported clinical trials with shorter follow-up periods. Patients at increased risk for inappropriate shocks need careful evaluation of potential therapeutic optimization strategies including pharmacological treatment, device programming, electrophysiological ablation, device downgrading, and telemonitoring.