Under-Utilization of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients with Heart Failure - The Current State of Sudden Cardiac Death Prophylaxis

BACKGROUND: Despite ACC/AHA guidelines indicating implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as class I therapy for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with EF≤35%, ICD utilization rates in real world practice have been low. OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of ICD implantation a...

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Autores principales: Pillarisetti, Jayasree, Emert, Martin, Biria, Mazda, Chotia, Rashaad, Guda, Rajeshwer, Bommana, Sudharani, Pimentel, Rhea, Vacek, James, Dendi, Raghuveer, Berenbom, Loren, Dawn, Buddhadeb, Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25852239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0972-6292(16)30838-5

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