Debate: Do all patients with heart failure require implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death?
Sudden death is a major cause of mortality in patients with ventricular dysfunction. The highest risk occurs among patients with less severe functional impairment. Current methods of risk stratification are inadequate, and a rational therapy for prevention of sudden death is not available. The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has proven to be more effective than drugs in reducing sudden-death risk in some subsets of patients. Empiric ICD therapy, targeting the general population with mild to moderate heart failure, will maximize the impact of such a strategy to prevent sudden death and improve long-term survival.
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[ "009:25" ] |
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| description | Sudden death is a major cause of mortality in patients with ventricular dysfunction. The highest risk occurs among patients with less severe functional impairment. Current methods of risk stratification are inadequate, and a rational therapy for prevention of sudden death is not available. The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has proven to be more effective than drugs in reducing sudden-death risk in some subsets of patients. Empiric ICD therapy, targeting the general population with mild to moderate heart failure, will maximize the impact of such a strategy to prevent sudden death and improve long-term survival. |
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| identifier | https://healthdata.gov/api/views/yvcq-ubxg |
| issued | 2025-07-14 |
| keyword |
[ "heart-failure", "implantable-defibrillators", "nih", "sudden-cardiac-death", "ventricular-dysfunction" ] |
| landingPage | https://healthdata.gov/d/yvcq-ubxg |
| modified | 2025-09-06 |
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[ "009:034" ] |
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| theme |
[ "NIH" ] |
| title | Debate: Do all patients with heart failure require implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death? |
