title: Compliance to MADIT and MUSTT criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in the pre-SCD-Heft and MADIT II era. Data from a multicenter Italian study.
abstract: The follow-up of 1440 consecutive post-MI patients (68.9 ± 10.9 years) with an LVEF ≤ 40% was analyzed in 19 Italian hospitals to evaluate how many patients with clinical nonsustained VT and inducible sustained VT or VF underwent post-discharge risk assessment (RA). During 38 (range, 4-76) months follow-up, 611 patients (42.4%) qualified for and 294 (20.4%) effectively underwent RA combining LVEF assessment and Holter monitoring, 29 (2.0%) subsequently underwent programmed electrical stimulation and 19 (1.3%) received an ICD.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cappato
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanotto
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Menozzi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curnis
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Freggiaro
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanna
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sinagra
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pizzetti
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sermasi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaccone
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pecora
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raciti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Accardi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy