SCD-HeFT TRIAL

Problem Heart failure
Format Double-blinded multi-center RCT
Treatment ICD or Amiodarone
Control Placebo
Population CCF (NYHA II/III; LVEF <35)
Inclusion criteria Patients had to be at least 18 years of age and have New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or III chronic, stable CHF due to ischemic or nonischemic causes and a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of no more than 35 percent. Ischemic CHF was defined as left ventricular systolic dysfunction associated with at least 75 percent narrowing of at least one of the three major coronary arteries (marked stenosis) or a documented history of a myocardial infarction. Nonischemic CHF was defined as left ventricular systolic dysfunction without marked stenosis.
Exclusion criteria -
Follow-up Median 45.5 months
Primary endpoint All-cause mortality
Secondary endpoint(s) .
Details .
Brief summary: ICD in NYHA II/III reduced mortality; amiodarone did not
PAPER: Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for congestive heart failure.
Date 20 Jan 2005
Journal N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 20;352(3):225-37.
Information ICD
-Significantly increase survival
-RRR 23%, ARR 7.2% at 5yr

Amiodarine
-No benefit to survival