Why the study?
Do programming strategies aimed at reducing nonessential implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies reduce mortality?
Do programming strategies aimed at reducing nonessential implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies reduce mortality?
Programming strategies aimed at reducing nonessential ICD therapies significantly reduce mortality without increasing the risk of syncope.
May support therapy reduction programming to lower ICD mortality risk; leaves open randomized confirmation.
Therapy reduction programming results in a large, significant, and consistent reduction in mortality, with no apparent increase in the risk of syncope.
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Tan et al. (2014) studied this question.