Open AccessClinical and Hospital Factors Affecting Treatment with Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients
Author(s) -
Jae Hyuk Lee,
Hee Tae Yu,
IlYoung Oh,
Eue Keun Choi,
JungHoon Sung,
Young Soo Lee,
Jong Youn Kim,
Yoon Su Baek,
Junbeom Park,
Boyoung Joung,
Advance-Icm investigators
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2020.61.11.942
Subject(s) - medicine , ischemic cardiomyopathy , odds ratio , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , confidence interval , observational study , cardiomyopathy , emergency medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are the standard of care for primary prevention (PP) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). However, PP ICD implantation is underused in Asian countries. This study investigated ICD implantation rates and factors associated with appropriate PP ICD implants for ICM.