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Development and feasibility testing of decision support for patients who are candidates for a prophylactic implantable defibrillator: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Patients, identified to be at risk for but who have never experienced a potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia, have the option of receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as prophylaxis against sudden cardiac death - a primary prevention indication. In Canada, there is n...

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Autores principales: Carroll, Sandra L, McGillion, Michael, Stacey, Dawn, Healey, Jeff S, Browne, Gina, Arthur, Heather M, Thabane, Lehana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24148851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-346