Reducing Unnecessary Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy With ENHANCED Programming: Long-Term Outcomes of the ENHANCED-ICD Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advances in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) programming strategies have achieved significant reductions in inappropriate shocks. However, further refinement is needed to minimize appropriate but unnecessary therapies. The ENHANCED-ICD study initially demonstrated the short-term safety and efficacy of programming a number of intervals to detect (NID) of 60/80 over a median follow-up of 1.3 years. A decade later, this study presents the long-term impacts of this programming strategy.

Objective

To assess the long-term impact of programming NID 60/80 for ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ventricular fibrillation (VF) detection on adverse events related to shocks and arrhythmias, as well as on ICD therapies-both delivered and avoided.

Methods

A retrospec

SUBMITTER: Chiu CSL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614130 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature