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JOURNAL ARTICLES ICD Trials AVID The Antiarrhythmics versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Investigators. A comparison of antiarrhythmic‐drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near‐fatal ventricular arrhythmias. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1576‐83. DAVID David Trial Investigators Dual Chamber Pacing or Ventricular Backup Pacing in Patients with an Implantable Defibrillator: The Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) Trial JAMA 2002: 288 (24); 3115‐3123 CABG‐Patch Bigger JT, Jr. Prophylactic use of implanted cardiac defibrillators in patients at high risk for ventricular arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Patch Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1569‐75. MADIT I Moss AJ, Hall WJ, Cannom DS, et al. Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patient with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia. Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med 1996; 335:1933‐40. MADIT II Moss A. J., Zareba W., Hall W. J., Klein H., Wilber D. J., Cannom D. S., Daubert J. P., Higgins S. L., Brown M. W., Andrews M. L., the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II Investigators, Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction N Engl J Med 2002;Mar 19, 2002;346:877‐883 MUSTT Buxton AE, Fisher J Josephson, M et. al Prevention of sudden death in patients with coronary artery disease:the Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT) Prog. Cardiovas. Disease 1993:36:215‐
226 Buxton A. E., Lee K. L., DiCarlo L., Gold M. R., Greer G. S., Prystowsky E. N., O'Toole M. F., Tang A., Fisher J. D., Coromilas J., Talajic M., Hafley G., The Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial Investigators Electrophysiologic Testing to Identify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Risk for Sudden Death N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1937‐1945. SCD‐HeFT Bardy GH. Lee KL. Mark DB. Poole JE. Packer DL. Boineau R. Domanski M. Troutman C. Anderson J. Johnson G. McNulty SE. Clapp‐Channing N. Davidson‐Ray LD. Fraulo ES. Fishbein DP. Luceri RM. Ip JH. Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD‐HeFT) Investigators. Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator for congestive heart failure. N Eng J Med 2005: 352(3):225‐37. JOURNAL ARTICLES Sotalol/ICD Pacifico A, Hohnloser SH, Williams JH, et al. Prevention of implantable‐defibrillator shocks by treatment with sotalol. D,L‐Sotalol Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Study Group. N Engl J Med 1999; 340:1855‐62. CASH Siebels J, Cappato R, Ruppel R, Schneider MA, Kuck KH. Preliminary results of the Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg (CASH). CASH Investigators. Am J Cardiol 1993; 72:109F‐13F. DEFINITE Kadish A, Dyer A, Daubert J, Quigg R, Estes NA, Anderson KP, Calkins H, Hoch D, Goldberg J, Shalaby A, Sanders WE, Schaechter A, and Levine JH. Defibrillators in Non‐Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) Investigators. Prophylactic defibrillator implantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2151‐ 2158. CAT Bansch D, Antz M, Boczor S, et al. Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: the Cardiomyopathy Trial (CAT). Circulation 2002; 105:1453‐8. DEFINITE Kadish A. Schaechter A. Subacius H. Thattassery E. Sanders W. Anderson KP. Dyer A. Goldberger J. Levine J. Patients with recently diagnosed nonischemic cardiomyopathy benefit from implantable cardioverter‐
defibrillators. J Amer Coll of Card 2006 47(12):2477‐82 AMIOVIRT Strickberger SA. Hummel JD. Bartlett TG. Frumin HI. Schuger CD. Beau SL. Bitar C. Morady F. AMIOVIRT Investigators. Amiodarone versus implantable cardioverter defibrillator:randomized trial in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular tachycardia—
AMIOVIRT J Amer Coll of Card 2003 41(10):1707‐12 Desai AS, Fang JC, Maisel WH, Baughman KL. Implantable defibrillators for the prevention of mortality in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials. JAMA 2004; 292:2874–2879. Makati KJ. Fish AE. England HH. Tighiouart H. Estes NA 3rd. Link MS. Equivalent arrhythmic risk in patients recently diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy compared with patients diagnosed for 9 months or more Heart Rhythm. 3(4):397‐403, 2006 DINAMITE Hohnloser SH, Kuck KH, Dorian P, Roberts RS, Hampton JR, Hatala R, Fain E, Gent M, Connolly SJ; DINAMIT Investigators.Prophylactic use of an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2004 Dec 9;351(24):2481‐8