Die Auswirkungen nach dem Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II in einem kardiologischen Schwerpunktzentrum — müssen alle Postinfarktpatienten mit reduzierter Linksventrikelfunktion einen implantierbaren Kardioverter-Defibrillator erhalten?

摘要

Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and severely compromised left ventricular ejection fraction are at high risk to die from sudden cardiac death. The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT II) shows a significant benefit of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy compared to standard treatment alone in this selected group of patients. The objective of the present study was to investigate the number of patients who will fulfil the MADIT II criteria and are candidates for prophylactic ICD implantation.