Risk of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmic Events in Patients Who Improved Beyond Guidelines for a Defibrillator in MADIT-CRT (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (October 2019)

Risk of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmic Events in Patients Who Improved Beyond Guidelines for a Defibrillator in MADIT-CRT (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology October 2019) is organized by American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Date of Release: October 21, 2019
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC/ECME Expiration: October 20, 2020

Target Audience:
JACC Journal CME is intended for physicians who treat patients with cardiovascular disease.

Credit Offered:
1 CME Credit
1 ECME Credit
1 MOC Credit

Description:
It is currently unknown whether protection with a defibrillator is still warranted in patients who respond to CRT.

Learner Objectives:
After reading this article the reader should be able to:
•Identify the risk of ventricular arrhythmia among patients with heart failure who have cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) devices and improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction.
•Discuss indications for CRT-D implantation.
•Discuss the role of shared decision making among clinicians and patients at the time of device implantation and generator change.

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