روند زمانی و پیگیری طولانی مدت درمان قطعی تبادلات قلبی عروقی برای پیشگیری ثانویه: یک تجربه 15 ساله تک مرکزی

Rate of implants for secondary prevention indication has almost doubled during the last 15 years. Importantly, there has been a progressive increase of non-ischaemic patients receiving an ICD, and of VT as presenting rhythm. Patients had an overall good survival and a relatively low incidence of appropriate therapies. Improvement of ejection fraction did not correlate with risk reduction of ventricular arrhythmias.