13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

S-167

Future perspectives for detection criteria and algorithmic evolution in ICDs

Eraldo Occhetta, Fabio Cundari*.
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore della Carita, Novara,
*Ela Medical S.p.A., Milan, Italy

Study limitations

The main study limitations are: (i) the small number of patients and arrhythmias; (ii) the short mean episodes duration; (iii) simulation does not include pacing nor therapy delivery which may modify sustained tachycardias; (iv) arrhythmias onset was not available on induced arrhythmias (so onset criterion could be tested in this study).