Combined resynchronisation and implantable defibrillator therapy in left ventricular dysfunction: Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Guidelines for the treatment of chronic heart failure from the
European Society of Cardiology Guidelines in 2005 only recommend ICDs for
patients who have survived VF arrests or have sustained Ventricular
tachycardia associated with compromise. (IA evidence). They have not
recommended extending it into the general population because of its
increased morbidity because ICD-implantation and low cost-effectiveness.
[1]
[1] Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart
failure: executive summary (update 2005) The Task Force for the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of
Cardiology European Heart Journal 2005 26(11):1115-1140
Rapid Response:
ICDs in Heart Failure
Guidelines for the treatment of chronic heart failure from the
European Society of Cardiology Guidelines in 2005 only recommend ICDs for
patients who have survived VF arrests or have sustained Ventricular
tachycardia associated with compromise. (IA evidence). They have not
recommended extending it into the general population because of its
increased morbidity because ICD-implantation and low cost-effectiveness.
[1]
[1] Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart
failure: executive summary (update 2005) The Task Force for the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of
Cardiology European Heart Journal 2005 26(11):1115-1140
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