Selecting patients for ICD implantation: Are clinicians choosing appropriately?

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-92

  Alan, Kadish ^a,b   Jeffrey, Goldberger ^b  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650886276     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1939     Document Type: Editorial

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