Patients With Cardiac Structural Abnormalities or Remodeling Who Have Not Developed HF Symptoms Class IIa Placement of an ICD is reasonable in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy who are at least 40 days post-MI, have an LVEF of 30% or less, are NYHA functional class I on chronic optimal medical therapy, and have reasonable expectation of survival with a good functional status for more than 1 year.
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