Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. do we need to implant a defibrillator in all the patients with low ejection fraction?
- PMID: 15568590
Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. do we need to implant a defibrillator in all the patients with low ejection fraction?
Similar articles
-
Sudden cardiac death risk stratification and assessment: primary prevention based on ejection fraction criteria.Heart Fail Clin. 2011 Apr;7(2):175-83, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2010.12.004. Heart Fail Clin. 2011. PMID: 21439496 Review.
-
Should patients with congenital heart disease and a systemic ventricular ejection fraction less than 30% undergo prophylactic implantation of an ICD? Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation guidelines based solely on left ventricular ejection fraction do not apply to adults with congenital heart disease.Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2008 Oct;1(4):307-16; discussion 316. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.805903. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2008. PMID: 19808423 Review. No abstract available.
-
Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in women with advanced heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Arch Intern Med. 2009 Sep 14;169(16):1500-6. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.255. Arch Intern Med. 2009. PMID: 19752408
-
Improved survival associated with prophylactic implantable defibrillators in elderly patients with prior myocardial infarction and depressed ventricular function: a MADIT-II substudy.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Aug;18(8):833-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00857.x. Epub 2007 May 30. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007. PMID: 17537209 Clinical Trial.
-
Proportion of patients followed in a specialized heart failure clinic needing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator as determined by applying different trial eligibility criteria.Am J Cardiol. 2006 Mar 15;97(6):882-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.09.138. Epub 2006 Jan 30. Am J Cardiol. 2006. PMID: 16516594
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Medical