Implantable cardioverter defibrillators did not improve mortality in selected heart-attack patients with abnormal heart rhythm markers


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Funding: The trial was principally funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Arrhythmia Network, ACT Network and Government of Alberta, with unrestricted support from GE Healthcare and Medtronic. 

Disclosures: Professor Exner reports consulting to Medtronic and GE Healthcare, Abbott Medical and Boston Scientific.  

References and notes

1‘REFINE ICD: Efficacy of ICD therapy in higher risk post-MI patients with better-preserved LV function’ presented during HOT LINE 3 on 30 August 2025 at 11:45 to 11:55 in Madrid (Main Auditorium).  

 

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