Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator‐Appropriate Shocks and Antitachycardia Pacing in Patients With Mild Heart Failure

Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator‐Appropriate Shocks and Antitachycardia Pacing in Patients With Mild Heart Failure

Background Patients with heart failure and an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention are at increased mortality risk after receiving shock therapy. We sought to determine the prognostic significance of ICD therapies, both shock and antitachycardia pacing, delivered for d...

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Main Authors: Yitschak Biton, Usama A. Daimee, Jayson R. Baman, Valentina Kutyifa, Scott McNitt, Bronislava Polonsky, Wojciech Zareba, Ilan Goldenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator
mortality
shocks
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.010346

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