Prevention of recurrent ventricular fibrillation by ventricular rate stabilization

This report describes a post-infarct patient with recurrent ventricular fib rillation in the absence of acute ischaemia, in whom arrhythmia recurrences could be prevented by ventricular rate stabilization of a third-generation cardioverter defibrillator. Review of the literature and clinical implicat ions are discussed. (Europace 2000; 2: 346-349) (C) 2000 The European Socie ty of Cardiology.