Use of Guideline-Directed Medications for Heart Failure Before Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Roth GA , Poole JE , Zaha R , Zhou W , Skinner JS , Morden NE

Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is recommended before primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement. Adherence to this recommendation and associated outcomes are unknown.