Death without prior appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: a competing risk study.
BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) improve survival in selected patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in randomized trials. Competing death without prior appropriate ICD therapy might preclude benefit from ICD implantation in a less selected routine-care popula...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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