Copyright © 2003 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Letter to the Editor
Response to the letter to the editor (Sharma et al.)
a Fundación Jiménez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
b Guidant Corporation, Brussels, Belgium
* Corresponding author. Guidant European Headquarters, Park Lane Culliganlaan 2B, Diegem 1831, Belgium (S. Nisam)
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We thank Dr. Sharma and his colleagues for their interest in our article and wish to respond to the issues they have raised.1
Regarding ß-blocker use in the MADIT study,2 Moss has shown that the ICD benefit "...remained significant
after adjustment for ß-blocker use".3 The Multicenter UnSustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT)with patients nearly identical in profile to