Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Early Post-Myocardial Infarction: Root Cause Analysis for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Failure and Currently Available Options

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 Jun;10(6):e005194. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.117.005194.
No abstract available

Keywords: defibrillation, electric; electric shock cardiac stimulators; meta-analysis; myocardial infarction; root cause analysis; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

  • Meta-Analysis
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electric Countershock / adverse effects*
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
  • Electric Countershock / mortality
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Myocardial Revascularization* / adverse effects
  • Myocardial Revascularization* / mortality
  • Patient Selection
  • Primary Prevention / instrumentation*
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Time-to-Treatment*
  • Treatment Outcome