what are the Recommendations for ICDs and CRTs
Referenced studies that support the recommendations are
summarized in the Online Data Supplements.?
In patients with nonischemic DCM or ischemic heart disease at least 40 days post-MI with LVEF ?35% and NYHA class II or III symp- toms on chronic GDMT, who have reasonable expectation of meaningful survival for >1 year, ICD therapy is recommended for primary pre- vention of SCD to reduce total mortality.