Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator interventions in primary prevention: do current implantation criteria really predict ICD interventions?

Background Randomized controlled trials have proven the efficacy of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICDs) to prevent sudden cardiac death (SO) in primary prevention. However, long-term data on the incidence of appropriate and inappropriate interventions in real life and on the predictive value of commonly used clinical variables to guide patient selection are scarce.

Publication year:2011

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Authors from:Higher Education