| VF (no reversible cause) |
- Private driving is permitted beginning 6 months after the event has occured.
- Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
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| Hemodynamically unstable VT |
- Private driving is permitted beginning 6 months after the event has occured.
- Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
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| VT or VF due to reversible cause* |
- Private driving is not permitted until successful treatment of underlying condition has occurred.
- Commercial driving is not permitted until successful treatment of underlying condition has occurred.
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| Sustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness; LVEF<30% |
- Private driving is permitted beginning 3 months after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
- Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
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| Sustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness; LVEF≥30%; ICD has not been recommended |
- Private driving is permitted beginning 4 weeks after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
- Commercial driving is permitted beginning 3 months after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
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| Nonsustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness |
- Private driving is permitted no restriction.
- Commercial driving is permitted no restriction.
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*Examples include, but are not limited to, ventricular fibrillation (VF) within 24 hrs of myocardial infarction, VF during coronary angiography, VF with electroncution and VF secondary to drug toxicity. Reversible-cause VF recommendations overrule the VF recommendations if the reversible cause is treated successfully and the VF does not recur.