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Prophylactic Catheter Ablation for the Prevention of Defibrillator Therapy

Vivek Y. Reddy, Matthew R. Reynolds, Petr Neužil, Allison Richardson, Miloš Táborský, Krit Jongnarangsin, Štěpán Královec, Lucie Šedivá, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Mark E. Josephson

New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 933 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

In this randomized trial, prophylactic substrate-based catheter ablation reduced the incidence of ICD therapy in patients with a history of myocardial infarction who received ICDs for the secondary prevention of sudden death. (Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN62488166 [controlled-trials.com].).

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