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Long‐term outcomes after prophylactic ICD and CRT‐D implantation in nonischemic patients: Analysis from a nationwide database of daily remote‐monitoring transmissions

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Introduction: Clinical trials did not provide conclusive evidence concerning the benefit of prophylactic implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). We aimed to compare incidence of appropriate… Click to show full abstract

Introduction: Clinical trials did not provide conclusive evidence concerning the benefit of prophylactic implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). We aimed to compare incidence of appropriate sustained ventricular arrhythmia (SVA) and device therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) vs NICM ICD and/or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT‐D) patients.

Keywords: prophylactic icd; icd crt; long term; term outcomes; outcomes prophylactic; crt

Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Year Published: 2019

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