Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease —Possible Role of the Shock Device in the Asia—
Recently several randomized trials have demonstrated the excellent role of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in improving the mortality rate in patients with a high risk of sudden cardiac death regardless of its purpose or the underlying heart disease. However, because such large clin...
Main Author: | Takashi Kurita, MD PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2007-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Arrhythmia |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427607800305 |
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