Referring physicians' discordance with the primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator guidelines: A national survey

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 874-881

  Castellanos, Jorge M ^a   Smith, Lisa M ^b   Varosy, Paul D ^c   Dehlendorf, Christine ^a   Marcus, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; ICD; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Primary prevention; Referring; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOLOGIST; DEFIBRILLATOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84861317733     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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