ICD Shock Not Ventricular Fibrillation Causes Elevation of High Sensitive Troponin T after Defibrillation Threshold Testing—The Prospective Randomized Multicentre TropShock-Trial

摘要

BackgroundThe placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has become routine practice to protect high risk patients from sudden cardiac death. However, implantation-related myocardial micro-damage and its relation to different implantation strategies are poorly characterized.