Long-term Mortality and Shock-rate in Patients Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with and without early implantation of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.
INTRODUCTION In patients who survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), guidelines for implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are not unequivocal. METHODS Patients resuscitated from OHCA of cardiac cause, without a reversible cause and an expected survival >1 year were identified (year 20...