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We performed an updated meta-analysis to examine the impact of ICD therapy on mortality in NICM patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A systematic search for studies that examined the effect of ICDs on outcomes in NICM was performed. Our analysis compared patients randomised to an ICD with those randomised to no ICD, and examined the endpoint of overall mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Six primary prevention trials and two secondary prevention trials were identified that met the pre-specified search criteria. Using a fixed-effects model, analysis of primary prevention trials revealed a reduction in overall mortality with ICD therapy (RR 0.76, 95%\u2009CI 0.65 to 0.91).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although our updated meta-analysis demonstrates a survival benefit of ICD therapy, the effect is substantively weakened by the inclusion of the DANISH trial\u2014which is both the largest and most recent of the analysed trials\u2014indicating that the residual pooled benefit of ICDs may reflect the risk of sudden death in older trials which included patients treated sub-optimally by contemporary standards. As such, these data must be interpreted cautiously. The results of the DANISH trial emphasise that there is no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 indication for primary prevention ICDs in NICM patients, and clinicians must consider age and comorbidity on an individual basis when determining whether a defibrillator is appropriate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/heartjnl-2016-310850","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,6]],"date-time":"2017-10-06T20:10:25Z","timestamp":1507320625000},"page":"144-150","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":84,"title":["Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"104","author":[{"given":"Simon A S","family":"Beggs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pardeep S","family":"Jhund","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Colette E","family":"Jackson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John J V","family":"McMurray","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roy S","family":"Gardner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Clydebank, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa013474"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199612263352601"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199912163412503"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199711273372202"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.101.11.1297"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.0000012350.99718.AD"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0735-1097(03)00297-3"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehv445"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ejhf.592"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.292.23.2874"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1221","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1608029","article-title":"Defibrillator Implantation in patients with nonischemic systolic\u00a0heart failure","volume":"375","author":"K\u00f8ber","year":"2016","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa033088"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa043399"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(99)04440-2"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.0000144474.65922.AA"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1409077"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2140","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa032423","article-title":"Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic\u00a0heart failure","volume":"350","author":"Bristow","year":"2004","journal-title":"N Engl J Med Overseas Ed"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jchf.2016.02.019"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jchf.2015.03.013"},{"key":"2025100703281298000_104.2.144.20","unstructured":"National Heart Failure Audit Report. 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