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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology | 1998

ENHANCED DETECTION CRITERIA IN IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS

Josep Brugada; Lluis Mont; Marcio Ftgueiredo; Mariana Valentino; Mariona Matas; Francisco Navarro-Lopez

Enhanced Tachycardia Detection Algorithm introduction: Enhanced detection criteria in third‐generation implantable defibrillators have been implemented to avoid inappropriate therapy of fast supraventricular arrhythmias. We prospectively analyzed the use of these criteria in patients with an implantable defibrillator with electrogram storing capability.


Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1998

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Role of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

João Primo; Peter Geelen; Josep Brugada; Adalberto Menezes Lorga Filho; Lluis Mont; Francis Wellens; Mariana Valentino; Pedro Brugada

OBJECTIVES We report the occurrence of cardiac events during long-term follow-up in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) after cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. BACKGROUND The identification of patients at high risk for sudden death and the prevention of recurrence of sudden death in HCM represents a difficult problem. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the occurrence of cardiac events during follow-up of 13 patients with HCM who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) because of aborted sudden death (n = 10) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (n = 3) (group I). Findings were compared with those in 215 patients with an ICD and other structural heart disease or idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (group II). RESULTS After a mean (+/-SD) follow-up period of 26+/-18 months, 2 of 13 patients in group I received appropriate shocks. The calculated cumulative incidence of shocks was 21% in group I and 66% in group II after 40 months (p < 0.05). We observed a low incidence of recurrence of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation during follow-up in patients with HCM. No deaths occurred. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that ventricular tachyarrhythmias may not always be the primary mechanism of syncope and sudden death in patients with HCM. The ICD seems to have a less important impact on prognosis in patients with HCM than in patients with other etiologies of aborted sudden death.


Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology | 1998

Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients with the Permanent Form of Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation

Luis Aguinaga; João Primo; Ignasi Anguera; Luis Mont; Mariana Valentino; Pedro Brugada; Josep Brugada

This study sought to determine the long‐term follow‐up, safety, and efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation of patients with the permanent form of junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT). We assessed the reversibility of tachycardia induced LV dysfunction and we detailed the location and electrophysiological characteristics of these retrograde atrioventricular decremental pathways. PJRT is an infrequent form of reciprocating tachycardia, commonly incessant, and usually drug refractory. The ECG hallmarks include an RP interval > PR with inverted P waves in leads II, III, aVF, and V3‐V6. During tachycardia, retrograde VA conduction occurs over an accessory pathway with slow and decremental conduction properties, located predominantly in the posteroseptal zone. It is known that long‐lasting and incessant tachycardia may result in tachycardia induced severe ventricular dysfunction. We included 36 patients (13 men, 23 women, mean ± SD, aged 44 ± 22 years) with the diagnosis of PJRT. Seven patients had tachycardia induced left ventricular dysfunction. Radiofrequency energy was delivered at the site of earliest retrograde atrial activation during ventricular pacing or during reciprocating tachycardia. All patients were followed at the outpatient clinic and serial echocardiograms were performed in those who presented with depressed LV function. Radiofrequency ablation was performed in 36 decremental accessory pathways. Earliest retrograde atrial activation was righ t posteroseptal in 32 patients (88%), right mid‐septal in 2 (6%), right posteroiateral in 1 (3%), and left anterolateral in 1 (3%). Thirty‐five accessory pathways were successfully ablated with a mean of 5 ± 3 applications. A mid‐septal accessory pathway could not be ablated. After a mean follow‐up of 21 ± 16 months (range 1–64) 34 patients are asymptomatic. There were recurrences in 8 patients after the initial successful ablation (mean of 1.2 months), 5 were ablated in a second ablation procedure, 2 patients required a third procedure, and 1 patient required four ablation sessions. All patients with LV dysfunction experienced a remarkable improvement after ablation. Mean preablation LV ejection fraction in patients with tachycardiomyopathy was 28%± 6% and rose to 51%± 16% after ablation (P < 0.02). Our study supports the concept that radiofrequency catheter ablation is a safe and effective treatment for patients with PJRT. Radiofrequency ablation should be the treatment of choice in these patients because this arrhythmia is usually drug refractory. The majority of accessory pathways are located in the posteroseptal zone. Cessation of the arrhythmia after successful ablation results in recovery of LV dysfunction.


Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology | 1999

TIME TO FIRST SHOCK IN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) PATIENTS WITH CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY

Rafael Rabinovich; Claudio Muratore; Ricardo Iglesias; Miguel Gonzalez; Víctor Darú; Mariana Valentino; Alvaro Sosa Liprandi; Richard M. Luceri

The time to first ICD shock has been extensively studied in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there are no published data on ICD shocks in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChC). The occurrence of the first appropriate ICD shock during the first 6 months of follow‐up in 20 patients with ChC (group 1) and 35 CAD patients (group 2) was analyzed retrospectively. All patients had received a third‐generation pectoral ICD for ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VT/VF). Indications for ICD implantation were refractoriness to drug therapy or noninducibility of VT/VF at EPS in cardiac arrest survivors. Results: The mean age, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and sex in groups I and II were 57.4 ± 7 years versus 64 ± 9 (P < 0.01), 30.9%± 10% versus 32.9%± 10% (P = NS), and 10 men versus 31 women (P < 0.005), respectively. Six months after ICD implantation, 85% (17/20) group I patients received appropriate ICD shocks versus 51 % (18/35) in group 2, a statistically significant difference (P < 0.02, RR: 1.65, OR: 5.35). Conclusions: The incidence of appropriate ICD shocks within the first 6 months postimplantation was significantly higher in ChC patients than in CAD patients. ChC patients were younger and more often women than CAD patients.


Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 1999

Arrhythmia recurrence in patients with a healed myocardial infarction who received an implantable defibrillator: analysis according to the clinical presentation

Lluis Mont; Mariana Valentino; Antonia Sambola; Mariona Matas; Luis Aguinaga; Josep Brugada

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to analyze the type of arrhythmia recurrence, based on stored electrograms, in patients with a healed myocardial infarction (MI) who received an implantable defibrillator. BACKGROUND Previous studies suggest that patients presenting with cardiac arrest (CA) tend to recur as ventricular fibrillation (VF), whereas those suffering sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (SMVT) tend to recur as SMVT. However, these data have not been confirmed in a homogeneous population of patients with MI. METHODS A total of 88 patients was divided into three groups according to their clinical presentation: SMVT (n = 57), CA (n = 16) or syncope (n = 15). RESULTS There were no significant differences in clinical characteristics among groups. In the electrophysiologic study SMVT was induced in 93%, 94% and 80% of patients, respectively (p = NS). During the follow-up period, 52% of patients presented a total of 671 episodes of ventricular arrhythmia treated by the defibrillator. All recurrences were as SMVT except for one VF. There were 610 episodes of SMVT treated with antitachycardia pacing, with an effectiveness of 96%. A total of 61 episodes was treated initially with cardioversion. No differences in the probability of recurrence were observed among groups, although the statistical power was low (50%). CONCLUSIONS In patients with an old infarction and malignant ventricular arrhythmias, the majority of recurrences are due to SMVT independently of the clinical presentation (SMVT, CA or syncope) or the induced arrhythmia at the electrophysiologic study. The programming of an antitachycardia zone seems to be appropriate also for patients who present with CA or syncope.


Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology | 2014

Fragmented Surface ECG Was a Poor Predictor of Appropriate Therapies in Patients with Chagas’ Cardiomyopathy and ICD Implantation (Fragmented ECG in CHAgas’ Cardiomyopathy Study)

Adrian Baranchuk; Francisco Femenía; Juan Cruz López-Diez; Claudio Muratore; Mariana Valentino; Enrique Retyk; Nestor Galizio; Darío Di Toro; Karina Alonso; Wilma M. Hopman; Rodrigo Miranda

Main causes of death in chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy (CChC) are progressive congestive heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) have been proved an effective therapy to prevent sudden death in patients with CChC. Identification of predictors of sudden death remains a challenge.


Revista Espanola De Cardiologia | 1998

Deterioro hemodinámico en pacientes sometidos a ablación del nodo auriculoventricular

Ignacio Anguera; Josep Brugada; Pedro Brugada; Luis Mont; Mariana Valentino; Luis Aguinaga; Mariona Matas; Francisco Navarro-Lopez

Introduccion La ablacion con radiofrecuencia del nodo auriculoventricular ha emergido como una alternativa valida en el tratamiento de la fibrilacion auricular refractaria al tratamiento antiarritmico, habiendose demostrado ampliamente sus efectos beneficiosos. Hemos tratado a un subgrupo de pacientes que presentaron un deterioro hemodinamico despues de la ablacion, en relacion con un aumento del grado de insuficiencia mitral. Pacientes y metodos Hemos evaluado a 256 pacientes consecutivos remitidos para ablacion del nodo auriculoventricular e implantacion de marcapasos definitivo por fibrilacion auricular refractaria. Dado que observamos que el deterioro hemodinamico se dio solamente en pacientes con insuficiencia mitral previa a la ablacion comparamos retrospectivamente las caracteristicas clinicas, electrofisiologicas y ecocardiograficas de los pacientes con insuficiencia mitral previa y deterioro hemodinamico (grupo A, n = 14) y los pacientes sin deterioro hemodinamico (grupo B, n = 11). Resultados La duracion del procedimiento, la tecnica y el numero de aplicaciones durante la ablacion fueron similares en ambos grupos. El grado de insuficiencia mitral valorado de 1 (minima) a 4 (severa) era similar en ambos grupos antes de la ablacion (1,15 ± 1,05 frente a 1,11 ± 0,97). Los pacientes del grupo A presentaron un deterioro hemodinamico en forma de edema agudo de pulmon (3 pacientes) o insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva (11 pacientes) una media de 6 semanas despues de la ablacion. En todos ellos se aprecio un empeoramiento del grado de insuficiencia mitral (1,15 ± 1,05 frente a 2,90 ± 1,15; p Conclusion La ablacion con radiofrecuencia del nodo auriculoventricular junto a la implantacion de un marcapasos se acompana generalmente de una mejoria clinica notable; sin embargo, en un subgrupo de pacientes esta provoca un deterioro hemodinamico con empeoramiento de una insuficiencia mitral previa.


Revista Espanola De Cardiologia | 1998

Pacientes con cardiopatía estructural, síncope de etiología desconocida y arritmias ventriculares inducibles tratados con desfibrilador implantable

Luis Aguinaga; Luis Mont; Ignacio Anguera; Mariana Valentino; Mariona Matas; Josep Brugada

Objetivos. Este estudio evalua la hipotesis que en pacientes con sincope de origen no conocido y anomalias cardiacas, las arritmias ventriculares inducibles son arritmias especificas y, por tanto, podrian ser tratadas apropiadamente. Antecedentes. El sincope es una entidad clinica frecuente. La evolucion y tratamiento de pacientes con sincope y anomalias cardiacas sin una clara etiologia no han sido bien definidos. Muchos pacientes tienen en su evaluacion un estudio electrofisiologico. En estas evaluaciones se encuentran anormalidades del nodo sinusal, prolongacion de los tiempos de conduccion o arritmias inducibles y, usualmente, se asume que esta es la causa del sincope y, segun ello, estos pacientes son tratados. Sin embargo, que las taquiarritmias sean la verdadera causa del sincope y que el tratamiento de estas taquiarritmias puede prevenir la recurrencia del sin


Revista Espanola De Cardiologia | 1998

Seguimiento a largo plazo de pacientes con la forma permanente de taquicardia recíproca de la unión tipo Coumel tratados mediante ablación con radiofrecuencia

Luis Aguinaga; Josep Brugada; Ignacio Anguera; Lluis Mont; Mariana Valentino; Iciar Eizmendi; Laura Guillamón; José Sánchez; Mariona Matas; Francisco Navarro-Lopez

Objetivos En este estudio evaluamos la eficacia y la seguridad de la ablacion con radiofrecuencia en pacientes con la forma permanente de taquicardia reciproca de la union utilizando una via de conduccion lenta o de tipo Coumel, en un seguimiento a largo plazo y determinamos la probable recuperacion de la funcion ventricular despues del procedimiento. Antecedentes La taquicardia reciproca de la union es una forma poco comun de taquicardia reciproca, muchas veces incesante y usualmente refractaria a la terapia farmacologica. Se caracteriza por tener un intervalo RP > PR y por ondas «p» de polaridad negativa en las derivaciones II-III y aVF y V4-V6. La conduccion retrograda se realiza a traves de una via accesoria con conduccion lenta y decremental. La localizacion de esta via accesoria es en general posteroseptal derecha, aunque tambien se han comunicado otras localizaciones de la via accesoria. Se ha descrito que la presencia de taquicardia incesante puede desencadenar la denominada taquicardiomiopatia con severa disfuncion ventricular izquierda. Pacientes y metodos Este estudio incluyo a 24 pacientes (9 varones y 15 mujeres), con una edad media de 44 ± 22 anos, con un diagnostico de la forma permanente de taquicardia reciproca de la union confirmada por el estudio electrofisiologico. Seis pacientes tenian deterioro de su funcion ventricular. La radiofrecuencia fue aplicada en el lugar de activacion auricular retrograda mas precoz durante la taquicardia (n = 22) o durante la estimulacion ventricular (n = 2). A todos los pacientes se le hizo seguimiento clinico y electrocardiografico, ademas de ecocardiograma bidimensional en los que presentaron disfuncion ventricular. Resultados Se realizaron ablaciones en 24 vias accesorias con estas caracteristicas. El sitio de activacion auricular retrograda mas precoz fue posteroseptal derecho en 22 pacientes (92%), medioseptal derecho en 1 (4%) y posterolateral derecho en 1 (4%). Se realizaron ablaciones con exito en 23 vias accesorias con una media de 5 ± 3 (mediana, 4) aplicaciones de radiofrecuencia, de 48 ± 13 s de duracion. En la unica via de localizacion medioseptal no se logro realizar la ablacion. En un seguimiento medio de 21 ± 16 meses (mediana, 15; rango, 2-64 meses), 22 pacientes permanecen asintomaticos. Se observo recurrencia en 4 pacientes (durante el primer mes en tres y al segundo mes en uno), a dos de ellos se realizo la ablacion de forma efectiva en un segundo procedimiento, un paciente necesito un tercer procedimiento y el cuarto paciente necesito 4 sesiones de ablacion. Todos los pacientes con funcion ventricular deteriorada tuvieron una clara mejoria en el seguimiento postablacion. La funcion ventricular media preablacion de los 6 pacientes con taquicardiomiopatia fue del 28 ± 6% (mediana, 27) y postablacion del 51 ± 16% (mediana, 47; p Conclusiones Este estudio confirma que la ablacion mediante cateter con radiofrecuencia es una terapia util y segura en los pacientes con taquicardia reciproca de la union. Debido a la usual refractariedad de esta arritmia a los farmacos antiarritmicos, el procedimiento deberia ser considerado como la primera opcion en el tratamiento de estos pacientes. La mayoria de las vias accesorias en este grupo de pacientes con taquicardia reciproca de la union estan localizadas en la zona posteroseptal derecha. La mejoria en la disfuncion ventricular es la regla despues de la ablacion efectiva de la via accesoria.


Revista Espanola De Cardiologia | 1998

Ablación por radiofrecuencia de múltiples vías accesorias auriculoventriculares en un paciente con fibrilación auricular sincopal y presencia de fibras fascículo-ventriculares

Mariana Valentino; Luis Mont; Luis Aguinaga; Ignacio Anguera; Iciar Eizmendi; José Sánchez; Laura Guillamón; Mariona Matas; Josep Brugada

Las vias accesorias multiples en pacientes con sindrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White son infrecuentes, y presentan un riesgo aumentado de fibrilacion ventricular. Describimos un caso excepcional de un paciente portador de 4 vias accesorias auriculoventriculares asociadas a fibras fasciculo-ventriculares en quien realizamos ablacion por radiofrecuencia. Un paciente varon de 20 anos de edad presento un sincope, por lo que fue ingresado en urgencias. En el electrocardiograma se detecto fibrilacion auricular conduciendo con preexcitacion a frecuencias superiores de 300 lat/min. El estudio electrofisiologico puso de manifiesto 4 vias accesorias abiertas (lateral izquierda, posteroseptal derecha, medioseptal derecha y posterolateral derecha), que fueron tratadas mediante ablacion con exito. Posteriormente a la ablacion de las 4 vias, persiste aspecto de preexcitacion con intervalo HV corto, pero la estimulacion auricular presenta conduccion decremental sin modificacion del intervalo HV, lo que sugiere la presencia de fibras fasciculo-ventriculares. El presente caso clinico demuestra la complejidad del sindrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White y la seguridad y eficacia de la ablacion por radiofrecuencia en pacientes portadores de vias accesorias multiples.

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Josep Brugada

Free University of Brussels

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Lluis Mont

University of Barcelona

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Luis Aguinaga

Cardiovascular Institute of the South

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Luis Mont

University of Barcelona

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Pedro Brugada

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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