2009 MADIT-CRT TRIAL Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial Objective: To determine whether cardiac-resynchronization therapy with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (CRT-ICD) would reduce the risk of death or heart-failure events in M patients with mild cardiac symptoms, reduced ejection fraction, and wide QRS complex. 1820 patients Inclusion criteria: Patients aged […]
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SIMPLE Trial Summary: ICD Implantation without VFib Induction
2015 SIMPLE TRIAL Cardioverter defibrillator implantation without induction of ventricular fibrillation multicentre, single-blind, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial M Objective: To compare the efficacy & safety of ICD implantation without defibrillation testing versus the standard of ICD implantation with defibrillation testing 2500 Patients Inclusion criteria: Patients >18 years receiving their first Boston Scientific transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator […]