Impact of Shocks on Mortality in Patients with Ischemic or Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Defibrillators Implanted for Primary Prevention

BACKGROUND: Emerging interest is seen in the paradox of defibrillator shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmia and increased mortality risk. Particularly in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the prognostic importance of shocks is unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome...

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Autores principales: Streitner, Florian, Herrmann, Thomas, Kuschyk, Juergen, Lang, Siegfried, Doesch, Christina, Papavassiliu, Theano, Streitner, Ines, Veltmann, Christian, Haghi, Dariusch, Borggrefe, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063911

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063911

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