what are the Recommendations for Secondary Prevention of SCD in Patients
With Ischemic Heart Disease
References that support the recommendations are summarized in
Online Data Supplements 17 and 18.?
In patients with ischemic heart disease, who either survive SCA due to VT/VF or experience hemodynamically unstable VT (LOE: B-R) S7.1.1-1?S7.1.1-4 or stable sustained VT (LOE: B-NR) S7.1.1-5 not due to reversible causes, an ICD is recommended if meaningful survival greater than 1 year is expected.