Circadian periodicity affects the type of ventricular arrhythmias and efficacy of implantable defibrillator therapies.
Pasquale VergaraCarlo PignalberiEnnio C PisanòGiampiero MagliaPaolo Della BellaGabriele ZanottoSaverio IacopinoFrancesco SolimeneValeria CalviMassimiliano MariniMassimo GiammariaMauro BiffiGiovanni RovarisFabrizio CaravatiFabio QuartieriAntonio CurnisAntonio RapacciuoloGaetano SenatoreStefano PedrettiDavide SaporitoAntonio Dello RussoVincenzo E SantobuonoPatrizia PepiAntonio DucaMatteo BaroniGiulio FalasconiDaniele GiacopelliAlessio GargaroAntonio D'OnofrioPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)
VAs did not distribute uniformly over the 24 h, with a majority of episodes occurring from 08:00 to 16:00. Nocturnal episodes were more likely to be polymorphic. The efficacy of ATP depended on the time of delivery.