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| ICD Guidelines Microchapters |
| Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities |
| Expert Consensus on the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Patients Who Are Not Included or Not Well Represented in Clinical Trials |
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ICD Implantation in the Context of an Abnormal Troponin that is Not Due to a Myocardial Infarction |
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ICD Implantation Less Than 9 Months From The Initial Diagnosis of Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
| Class I |
| "1. ICD implantation is indicated in the survivor of cardiac arrest after evaluation to define the cause of the event and to exclude any reversible causes.[3][4][5][6] (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "2. ICD implantation is indicated for patients with symptomatic sustained VT in association with congenital heart disease who have undergone hemodynamic and electrophysiological evaluation. Catheter ablation or surgical repair may offer possible alternatives in carefully selected patients.[7] (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| Class III (No Benefit) |
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"1. All Class III recommendations found in Section 3, "Indications for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy," apply to pediatric patients and patients with congenital heart disease, and ICD implantation is not indicated in these patient populations. (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| Class IIa |
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"1. ICD implantation is reasonable for patients with congenital heart disease with recurrent syncope of undetermined origin in the presence of either ventricular dysfunction or inducible ventricular arrhythmias at electrophysiological study.[8][9] (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| Class IIb |
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"1. ICD implantation may be considered for patients with recurrent syncope associated with complex congenital heart disease and advanced systemic ventricular dysfunction when thorough invasive and noninvasive investigations have failed to define a cause.[10][11] (Level of Evidence: C)" |
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