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Appropriate Shocks and Mortality in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes With Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.

Heikki V HuikuriAri PelliTuomas V KenttäTim FriedeRik WillemsLeonard BergauMarek MalikBert VandenberkMarc A VosGeorg SchmidtBela MerkelyAndrzej LubinskiMartin SvetlosakFrieder BraunschweigMarkus HardenMarkus ZabelHeikki V HuikuriChristian Sticherlingnull null
Published in: Diabetes care (2019)
All-cause mortality is higher in patients with diabetes than in patients without diabetes with primary prophylactic ICDs. Subsequently, patients with diabetes have a lower incidence of appropriate ICD shocks, indicating that the excess mortality might not be caused primarily by ventricular tachyarrhythmias. These findings suggest a limitation of the potential of prophylactic ICD therapy to improve survival in patients with diabetes with impaired left ventricular function.
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