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Wearable defibrillator use in heart failure (WIF): results of a prospective registry

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) patients have a high risk of death, and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are effective in preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, a certain percentage of patients may not be immediate candidates for ICDs, particularly those having a short duration...

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Autores principales: Kao, Andrew C, Krause, Steven W, Handa, Rajiv, Karia, Darshak, Reyes, Guillermo, Bianco, Nicole R, Szymkiewicz, Steven J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23234574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-123