[Guidelines for the performance of electrophysiologic study: are they still current?].

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to reevaluate the indications to electrophysiological study after the observation of various clinical trials such as MADIT, AVID and MUSTT. In this perspective, the guidelines of 1995 surely appear to be outdated. The present paper concludes that the indications which still appear acceptable are those which support catheter ablation, those regarding syncope of unexplained origin and, until the conclusions of MADIT-II are universally accepted, the indication included in the MADIT study.

• Authors: Gianfranco Ciaramitaro, Massimo Benedetto, Antonino Rotolo, Michele Farinella, Enrico Hoffmann
• Journal: Italian heart journal. Supplement : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology (Ital Heart J Suppl) Vol. 3 Issue 8 Pg. 864-8 (Aug 2002) ISSN: 1129-4728 [Print] Italy
• Vernacular Title: Linee guida all'esecuzione dello studio elettrofisiologico: sono ancora attuali?
• PMID: 12407842 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arrhythmias, Cardiac (physiopathology, therapy)
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Electrophysiology
• Humans
• Practice Guidelines as Topic