[Non-drug therapy of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation].
In the majority of patients with ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation drug treatment is not effective. The non-pharmacological treatment of this high-risk patients is of increasing importance. In Austria about 900 patients per year need non-pharmacological treatment of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. For this purpose 4 or 5 specialized centers would be necessary.
Steinbach
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III. Medizinischen Abteilung, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Arrhythmieforschung, Wilhelminenspital, Wien.
Frohner
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K
Hief
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Kaltenbrunner
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W
Nürnberg
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M
Podczeck
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A
Veit
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F
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Nichtmedikamentöse Therapie von Kammertachykardie/Kammerflimmern.