Subject of the year: Who are we missing, who are we overtreating, and who is best served? Refining the prescription of implantable cardioverter- defibrillator therapy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-94

  Epstein, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 75549086404     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-009-9439-y     Document Type: Editorial

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