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What are the clinical predictors of sudden cardiac death and appropriate shock in heart failure patients who are candidates for or recipients of CRT-defibrillators?
What are the clinical predictors of sudden cardiac death and appropriate shock in heart failure patients who are candidates for or recipients of CRT-defibrillators?
In heart failure patients eligible for CRT, advanced NYHA class and renal dysfunction predict sudden cardiac death, whereas neurohormonal blockade and female sex are associated with fewer appropriate shocks.
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May inform risk stratification in CRT-D candidates; leaves open whether predictors should guide therapy or programming in prospective studies.
Saxon et al. (2006) studied this question.
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