title: Antitachycardia pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
abstract: Cardiac pacing can inhibit or terminate a tachyarrhythmia but may also accelerate it to a more malignant rhythm. The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) terminates ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation and has thus enhanced patient survival. The combination of the two may yet be the most effective means of controlling ventricular tachyarrhythmias and fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mercando
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*