Implantable cardiac defibrillators for patients with non‐ischaemic cardiomyopathy
Appendices
Appendix 1. Preliminary MEDLINE search strategy
1 exp defibrillators/
2 (defibrillat* or defibrilat*).mp.
3 (icd or icds).mp.
4 (crt or crts).mp.
5 electrover*.mp.
6 ((resynch* or re‐synch*) adj3 (therap* or treatment* or device*)).mp.
7 (cardiover* or (cardio adj ver*) or cardioconver* or (cardio adj conver*)).mp.
8 (electric* adj2 card* adj2 stimulat*).mp.
9 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8
10 exp Heart Failure/
11 ((cardi* or heart* or myocard* or ventricular or systolic) adj2 (fail* or incompet* or insufficien* or decomp* or dysfunction* or overload or over‐load)).mp.
12 cardiac output, low/
13 (output adj2 failure).mp.
14 (low adj2 (cardiac or heart or myocardia* or systolic or ventricular) adj2 output).mp.
15 exp cardiomyopathies/
16 cardiomyopath*.mp.
17 myocardiopath*.mp.
18 (cardio* adj myopathy*).mp.
19 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18
20 9 and 19
21 randomized controlled trial.pt.
22 controlled clinical trial.pt.
23 randomized.ab.
24 placebo.ab.
25 drug therapy.fs.
26 randomly.ab.
27 trial.ab.
28 groups.ab.
29 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28
30 exp animals/ not humans.sh.
31 29 not 30
32 20 and 31
33 limit 32 to yr=1975‐current
Appendix 2. Preliminary MEDLINE economics evaluation studies search strategy
1 exp defibrillators/
2 (defibrillat* or defibrilat*).mp.
3 (icd or icds).mp.
4 (crt or crts).mp.
5 electrover*.mp.
6 ((resynch* or re‐synch*) adj3 (therap* or treatment* or device*)).mp.
7 (cardiover* or (cardio adj ver*) or cardioconver* or (cardio adj conver*)).mp.
8 (electric* adj2 card* adj2 stimulat*).mp.
9 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8
10 exp Heart Failure/
11 ((cardi* or heart* or myocard* or ventricular or systolic) adj2 (fail* or incompet* or insufficien* or decomp* or dysfunction* or overload or over‐load)).mp.
12 cardiac output, low/
13 (output adj2 failure).mp.
14 (low adj2 (cardiac or heart or myocardia* or systolic or ventricular) adj2 output).mp.
15 exp cardiomyopathies/
16 cardiomyopath*.mp.
17 myocardiopath*.mp.
18 (cardio* adj myopathy*).mp.
19 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18
20 9 and 19
21 Economics/
22 exp "costs and cost analysis"/
23 exp economics, hospital/
24 Economics, Medical/
25 Economics, Nursing/
26 Economics, Pharmaceutical/
27 (economic$ or cost or costs or costly or costing or price or prices or pricing or pharmacoeconomic$).ti,ab.
28 (expenditure$ not energy).ti,ab.
29 value for money.ti,ab.
30 budget$.ti,ab.
31 or/21‐30
32 ((energy or oxygen) adj cost).ti,ab.
33 (metabolic adj cost).ti,ab.
34 ((energy or oxygen) adj expenditure).ti,ab.
35 or/32‐34
36 31 not 35
37 letter.pt.
38 editorial.pt.
39 historical article.pt.
40 or/37‐39
41 36 not 40
42 exp animals/ not humans/
43 41 not 42
44 20 and 43
45 limit 44 to yr=2015‐current
