Time to Shock the System: Moving Beyond the Current Paradigm for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use

J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Mar 3;9(5):e015139. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015139. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Authors

Faisal M Merchant¹, Wayne C Levy², Daniel B Kramer³

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta GA.
² Cardiology Division University of Washington Seattle WA.
³ Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston MA.

No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmia; defibrillation; sudden cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / complications*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
Clinical Decision-Making
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / prevention & control*
Humans
Patient Selection
Primary Prevention*
Risk Assessment