Reduction in Inappropriate Therapy and Mortality through ICD Programming

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Authors

Arthur J. Moss · University of Rochester Medical Center

Claudio Schuger · Henry Ford Hospital

Christopher A. Beck · University of Rochester Medical Center

Mary W. Brown · University of Rochester Medical Center

David S. Cannom · Good Samaritan Hospital

James P. Daubert · Duke Medical Center

N.A. Mark Estes

Abstract

Programming of ICD therapies for tachyarrhythmias of 200 beats per minute or higher or with a prolonged delay in therapy at 170 beats per minute or higher, as compared with conventional programming, was associated with reductions in inappropriate therapy and all-cause mortality during long-term follow-up. (Funded by Boston Scientific; MADIT-RIT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00947310.).

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Neurological disorders and treatments Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 367, Issue 24, pp. 2275-2283

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1211107

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