To replace or not to replace: What to do with the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator when the left ventricular function has improved

Selcuk Adabag^{1

2}, Scott Hubers^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Editorial

Selcuk Adabag et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;34(6):1415-1417.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15931. Epub 2023 May 10.

Selcuk Adabag^{1

2}, Scott Hubers^{1

2}

¹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ejection fraction; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; risk stratification; sudden cardiac death.

Comment on

Risk of ventricular arrhythmias following implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator change in patients with recovered ejection fraction: Implications for shared decision-making.
Chang DD, Pantlin PG, Benn FA, Ryan Gullatt T, Bernard ML, Elise Hiltbold A, Khatib S, Polin GM, Rogers PA, Velasco-Gonzalez C, Morin DP. Chang DD, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Jun;34(6):1405-1414. doi: 10.1111/jce.15913. Epub 2023 May 5. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023. PMID: 37146210

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