Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Research

Combined resynchronisation and implantable defibrillator therapy in left ventricular dysfunction: Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39343.511389.BE (Published 01 November 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:925

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

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

02 November 2007
Mahmood Ahmad
ST3-LAT
Mehboob Ahmad Rehan
Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY