Use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention in the community: Do women and men equally meet trial enrollment criteria?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-229

  Daugherty, Stacie L ^a,b   Peterson, Pamela N ^a,b,c   Wang, Yongfei ^d   Curtis, Jeptha P ^b,d   Heidenreich, Paul A ^e   Lindenfeld, JoAnn ^a   Vidaillet, Humberto J ^f   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650673275     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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