Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with electrical heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: data from the German device registry

Implantable cardioverter- defibrillator (ICD) therapy is established for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in different entities. However, data from large patient cohorts with electrical heart disease are rare. Therefore, we investigated these patients as well as patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by analyzing registry data from a multi-center ‘real-life’ registry. The German Device Registry (DEVICE) is a nationwide,...