Non-evidence-based ICD implantations in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-49

  Al Khatib, Sana M ^a,b   Hellkamp, Anne ^a   Curtis, Jeptha ^c   Mark, Daniel ^a   Peterson, Eric ^a,b   Sanders, Gillian D ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^b   Hammill, Stephen ^e  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650893810     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1915     Document Type: Article

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