Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Website ( www.scdheft.com)
Up-to-date resource information on SCD-HeFT
American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org)
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2004 Update
Medtronic Connect (www.medtronicconnect.com)
Electronic resource library with extensive educational materials in the fields of electrophysiology and cardiology.
Heart Failure Society of America (www.hfsa.org )
Provides extensive information about heart failure disease
Heart Rhythm Society (www.hrsonline.org)
Information resource on heart rhythm disorders
Medscape (www.medscape.com/resource/hf)
Medscape's Heart Failure: Device Therapy Resource Center provides in-depth information on the results and implications of this landmark trial in the treatment of Heart Failure.
CME Programs
CME/CE The Psychological, Ethical, and Economic Considerations of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillation (ICD) Therapy
CME Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure: Managing the "Wild Card" of Cardiovascular Diseasefrom Medscape Cardiology, Posted 05/28/2004
CME Prophylactic ICD Implantation in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Evidence-Based Medicine from Heart Rhythm 2004: 25th Annual Scientific Sessions; May 19-22, 2004; San Francisco, California
CME Prophylactic Defibrillators for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: The Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)from ACC 2004; March 7-10, 2004; New Orleans, Lousiana
CME SCD-HeFT: Background, Support, and Perspective from ACC 2004;
CME Heart Failure and Cardiac Function
Expert interviews and commentary
Baseline ECG Data and Outcome in SCD-HeFT from Heart Rhythm 2004: 25th Annual Scientific Sessions; May 19-22, 2004; San Francisco, California
What Do the Results of SCD-HeFT, PAVE, and DINAMIT Mean for Clinical Practice? -An Expert Interview With Eric N. Prystowsky, MD from Medscape Cardiology, Posted 04/05/2004
Implications of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT): An Expert Interview With David J. Wilber, MD from Medscape Cardiology, Posted 03/26/2004
SCD-HeFT: Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial; Gust Bardy, M.D.from ACC 2004; March 7-10, 2004; New Orleans, Louisiana