Prophylactic Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Abstract

In patients with severe, nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy who were treated with ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator significantly reduced the risk of sudden death from arrhythmia and was associated with a nonsignificant reduction in the risk of death from any cause.

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MedicineEjection fractionHazard ratioCardiologyInternal medicineImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorDilated cardiomyopathyVentricular tachycardiaConfidence intervalSudden deathHeart failureVentricular fibrillationSudden cardiac deathCardiomyopathy

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 350
Issue: 21
Pages: 2151-2158
Citations: 2042
Access: Closed

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                                    Alan H. Kadish, 
                                
                                    Alan R. Dyer, 
                                
                                    James P. Daubert
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            Prophylactic Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 350
                            (21)
                            , 2151-2158.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa033088
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa033088