%0 Journal Article
%T Original research article: Does stress echocardiography add incremental value to baseline ejection fraction for the early identification of candidates for implantable defibrillators?
%A Elif Gunyeli
%A Eva Andersson
%A Johanna Sjoblom
%A Josephine Muhrbeck
%A Mahbubul Alam
%A Viveka Frykman
%J Archive of "Open Heart".
%D 2019
%R 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001053
%X A reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) remains the strongest indicator of increased risk of sudden cardiac death after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Guidelines recommend that patients with an EF ¡Ü35%, 6¨C12 weeks after AMI should be considered for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Stress echocardiography is a safe method to detect viability in a stunned myocardium. The purpose of this study was to investigate if stress echocardiography early after AMI could identify ICD candidates before discharge
%K myocardial infarction
%K implantable defibrillators
%K echocardiography
%K stress echocardiography
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629390/