Age and effectiveness of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 505-

  Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELDERLY CARE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955411872     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-7-201104050-00013     Document Type: Letter

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