Noninvasive risk factors for the prediction of inducibility on programmed ventricular stimulation in post-myocardial infarction patients with an ejection fraction ≥40% at risk for sudden cardiac arrest: Insights from the PRESERVE-EF study.
Konstantinos TrachanasSkevos SiderisPetros ArsenosDimitrios TsiachrisChristos-Konstantinos AntoniouPolychronis E DilaverisKonstantinos TriantafyllouIosif XenogiannisKonstantinos TsimosMichalis EfremidisEmmanuel KanoupakisPanagiota FlevariVassilios VassilikosAntonios SiderisPanagiotis KorantzopoulosDimitrios TousoulisKonstantinos TsioufisChristos-Konstantinos AntoniouPublished in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2021)
Cutoff points of NSVT ≥ 1 episode/24 h and SAECG-LPs ≥ 2/3 in combination with a LVEF < 50% were important predictors of inducibility. However, the final decision for an ICD implantation should be based on a positive PVS, which is irreplaceable in risk stratification.