Evaluation of the need of elective implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacement in primary prevention patients without prior appropriate ICD therapy.
Sing-Chien YapBeat A SchaerRohit E BhagwandienMichael KühneLara Dabiri AbkenariStefan OsswaldTamas Szili-TorokChristian SticherlingDominic A M J TheunsPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2014)
A considerable number of primary prevention patients without previous appropriate ICD therapy before first ICD replacement received appropriate ICD therapy after replacement. As there were no predictors of appropriate ICD therapy after replacement, replacing an ICD is still recommended in all primary prevention patients despite the lack of appropriate ICD therapy during first battery service life.