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Device therapy

Who may and who may not benefit from an ICD?

Patient selection for implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death is especially difficult in inherited arrhythmia syndromes, owing to a lack of randomized outcome studies in this setting. Two registry studies and the first report of a long-term follow-up of defibrillators in primary prophylaxis have provided some information regarding patient selection, but have important limitations.

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Pinter, A., Dorian, P. Who may and who may not benefit from an ICD?. Nat Rev Cardiol 8, 10–12 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2010.183

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