Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy:Results from a Prospective Study

Abstract

AF is an independent predictor of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias in ICD recipients. The underlying electrophysiologic mechanism seems to be irregular rather than rapid ventricular activation, with a high incidence of short-long-short sequences preceding ventricular tachyarrhythmias in AF patients.