Low referral rate for prophylactic implantation of cardioverter- defibrillators in a tertiary care medical center

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Bradfield, Jason ^a   Warner, Alberta ^a   Bersohn, Malcolm M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cardiology (111E)   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left ventricular dysfunction; Sudden death; Sudden death prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 60849093478     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02281.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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