Why the study?
Does optimized ICD programming (higher detection rate, longer detection intervals, empiric ATP, and optimized SVT discriminators) reduce ICD therapies and prolong time to first shock in patients with a primary prevention indication?
Population
Patients with a primary prevention indication for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)
Authors
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Supports optimized ICD programming in primary prevention; leaves open randomized confirmation of mortality benefit.
Does optimized ICD programming (higher detection rate, longer detection intervals, empiric ATP, and optimized SVT discriminators) reduce ICD therapies and prolong time to first shock in patients with a primary prevention indication?
Optimized ICD programming strategies, including higher detection rates and longer intervals, safely reduce ICD therapies and are associated with improved survival in primary prevention patients.
Saeed et al. (2013) studied this question.
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