Thursday, June 19, 2014

JACC - 6 Min Walk and ICD and Amiodarone Tx

"Use of the 6-Min Walk Distance to Identify Variations in Treatment Benefits From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Amiodarone"
JACC http://jacc.org/
Volume 63, Issue 23, June 2014
"Conclusions  A baseline 6MW distance <288 m identified a subgroup of SCD-HeFT patients who were harmed by amiodarone therapy and did not benefit from ICD.
(Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial [SCD-HeFT]; NCT00000609)"

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