Prophylactic implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Anjalee Thanuja Amarasekera, Anoja W Gunaratne, Joshua G Kovoor, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Clara Chow, Sarah Zaman, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Matthew Kuang Yu Tung, Martin Stiles, Ian Crozier, Keng Tat Koh, Christian Sticherling, Tobias Reichlin, Jerzy Krzysztof Wranicz, Dimitrios Avramides, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Oliver Ritter, Kerstin Bode, Oholi Tovia-Brodie, Karin Chia, Robert E Park, Karin Nentwich, Yoav Michowitz, Martin Svetlosak, Robert Hatala, Markus Zabel, Vivien Klaudia Nagy, Béla Merkely, Andrew Taylor, Laurent Billot, Pramesh Kovoor

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134
Published: 2026-08
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134,
  title = {Prophylactic implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials},
  author = {Anjalee Thanuja Amarasekera and Anoja W Gunaratne and Joshua G Kovoor and Aravinda Thiagalingam and Clara Chow and Sarah Zaman and Gopal Sivagangabalan and Matthew Kuang Yu Tung and Martin Stiles and Ian Crozier and Keng Tat Koh and Christian Sticherling and Tobias Reichlin and Jerzy Krzysztof Wranicz and Dimitrios Avramides and Konstantinos Tsioufis and Oliver Ritter and Kerstin Bode and Oholi Tovia-Brodie and Karin Chia and Robert E Park and Karin Nentwich and Yoav Michowitz and Martin Svetlosak and Robert Hatala and Markus Zabel and Vivien Klaudia Nagy and Béla Merkely and Andrew Taylor and Laurent Billot and Pramesh Kovoor},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prophylactic implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
AU  - Anjalee Thanuja Amarasekera
AU  - Anoja W Gunaratne
AU  - Joshua G Kovoor
AU  - Aravinda Thiagalingam
AU  - Clara Chow
AU  - Sarah Zaman
AU  - Gopal Sivagangabalan
AU  - Matthew Kuang Yu Tung
AU  - Martin Stiles
AU  - Ian Crozier
AU  - Keng Tat Koh
AU  - Christian Sticherling
AU  - Tobias Reichlin
AU  - Jerzy Krzysztof Wranicz
AU  - Dimitrios Avramides
AU  - Konstantinos Tsioufis
AU  - Oliver Ritter
AU  - Kerstin Bode
AU  - Oholi Tovia-Brodie
AU  - Karin Chia
AU  - Robert E Park
AU  - Karin Nentwich
AU  - Yoav Michowitz
AU  - Martin Svetlosak
AU  - Robert Hatala
AU  - Markus Zabel
AU  - Vivien Klaudia Nagy
AU  - Béla Merkely
AU  - Andrew Taylor
AU  - Laurent Billot
AU  - Pramesh Kovoor
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134
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APA

Amarasekera, A. T., Gunaratne, A. W., Kovoor, J. G., Thiagalingam, A., Chow, C., Zaman, S., Sivagangabalan, G., Tung, M. K. Y., Stiles, M., Crozier, I., Koh, K. T., Sticherling, C., Reichlin, T., Wranicz, J. K., Avramides, D., Tsioufis, K., Ritter, O., Bode, K., Tovia-Brodie, O., Chia, K., Park, R. E., Nentwich, K., Michowitz, Y., Svetlosak, M., Hatala, R., Zabel, M., Nagy, V. K., Merkely, B., Taylor, A., Billot, L., & Kovoor, P. (2026). Prophylactic implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107134

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