Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death: Too little and too late?

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1721-1723

  Albert, Christine M ^a   Stevenson, William G ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias, cardiac; death, sudden, cardiac; defibrillators, implantable; Editorials; electrophysiology; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EDITORIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

EID: 84885869541     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005832     Document Type: Editorial

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