The Living Guidelines: Patients with Cardiac Structural Abnormalities or Remodeling who have not Developed Heart Failure Symptoms. Polling Results for CLASS IIb Guidelines

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Class IIb Guidelines
1. Placement of an ICD might be considered in patients without HF who have nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an LVEF less than or equal to 30% who are in NYHA functional class I with chronic optimal medical therapy and have a reasonable expectation of survival with good functional status for more than 1 year. (Level of Evidence: C)

 ACC / AHA Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure: Class IIb Recommendation 1 for patients with cardiac structural abnormalities or remodeling who have not developed heart failure symptoms should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III