Optimization of anti-tachycardia pacing efficacy through scar-specific delivery and minimization of re-initiation: a virtual study on a cohort of infarcted porcine hearts.
Shuang QianAdam ConnollyCaroline Mendonca-CostaFernando O CamposCristobal RoderoJohn WhitakerChristopher Aldo RinaldiMartin J BishopPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
Anti-tachycardia pacing delivery proximal to the re-entrant circuit is more effective at terminating fast VTs, but less so slow VTs, due to frequent re-initiation. Attenuating re-initiation, through ETDA, increases the efficacy of delivery within the CI for all VTs.