title: HRS/ACC/AHA expert consensus statement on the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients who are not included or not well represented in clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Fred M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boehmer
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Alfred E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Mina K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Stefan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hohnloser
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Indik
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Mandeep R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Venu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Page
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Win-Kuang
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Slotwiner
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lynne Warner
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Varosy
authors.affiliation: From Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Hofstra North Shore - Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, New Hyde Park, New York, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, and Department of Cardiac Services, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Welikovitch
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D018579:Patient Selection; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012306:Risk; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014336:Troponin
keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; heart failure; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy; sudden cardiac death