Electrophysiologic Study Versus Electrocardiographic Monitoring (ESVEM)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1992-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To determine whether electrophysiologic study (EPS) or Holter monitoring (HM) was the better method for selecting effective long-term antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or an episode of aborted sudden death.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah
• Collaborator: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Treatments: Imipramine; Mexiletine; Procainamide; Quinidine; Sotalol

Criteria

Men and women with documented ventricular tachycardia and those resuscitated from sudden death.