The prediction of ICD therapy in multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial (MADIT) II like patients: a retrospective analysis.

OBJECTIVES: MADIT II like patients have not been compared to patients without an electrophysiological study, patients in whom ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation were induced in an electrophysiological study (EPS) and patients without an inducibility in EPS in one study. BACKGROUND: The multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial (MADIT) II showed a benefit of ICD implantation in patients with ischemic heart disease. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis in 93 patients with an ischemic heart disease and an ejection fraction