"Appropriately selected patients with NICM have the potential to benefit from primary prevention ICD therapy…Besides consideration of ICD placement, attention to guideline-directed medical therapy and ...
Improvements in optimal medical therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have helped reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)—in the modern era, though, just ...
On February 15, 2018, CMS released a final policy decision updating the national coverage determination (NCD) governing implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation for Medicare ...
Patients with an indication for an implantable cardiac defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death and a sharply reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less safely ...
Although recent studies have proved that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), the ...
Defibrillation is the most effective way to treat SCA and must be done within six minutes after a heart attack, according to the Ginsberg American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Without immediate ...