title: Large clinical trials in the management of ventricular arrhythmias. Applying group results to individual cases.
abstract: Applying the results of clinical trials to everyday practice in an appropriate manner can be difficult. Earlier clinical trials focused on the secondary prevention of ventricular arrhythmias. Studying patients at high risk of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias is important, but the overall impact on arrhythmic death is low. Recent arrhythmia trials have studied specific patient populations for the primary prevention of ventricular arrhythmias. New trials will expand the investigation to other populations. This article summarizes the results of large clinical trials in the management of ventricular arrhythmias and attempts to provide guidelines for applying their results to everyday clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents