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SUBMITTER: Khan SU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5828271 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Safi U SU Ghimire Subash S Talluri Swapna S Rahman Hammad H Khan Muhammad U MU Nasir Fahad F Kaluski Edo E
Journal of arrhythmia 20171214 1
The evidence to support implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in subjects with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is not robust. This meta-analysis intends to assess the impact of routine ICD implantation for primary prevention of mortality due to SCD in NICM based on all the published randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Six RCTs were selected using PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, and CENTRAL from inception to December 2016. Outcomes were calcula ...[more]