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Improve the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in emerging countries: the Improve SCA clinical study design

2015; Oxford University Press; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/europace/euv103

1532-2092

Shu Zhang, Balbir Singh, Daniel A. Rodrı́guez, Alexander Chasnoits, Abas Hussin, CK Ching, Danni Huang, Yating Liu, Jeff Cerkvenik, Sandra Willey, Young‐Hoon Kim,

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

AimsThis study aims to demonstrate that primary prevention (PP) patients with one or more additional risk factors are at a similar risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias when compared with secondary prevention (SP) patients, and would receive similar benefit from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), or cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) implant. The study evaluates the benefits of therapy for high-risk patients in countries where defibrillation therapy for PP of SCA is underutilized.