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Attitudes of older adults with serious competing health risks toward their implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a pilot study
BACKGROUND: In elderly heart failure patients, the survival benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may be attenuated due to competing health risks, and the risk of adverse outcomes magnified. Our objective was to examine older adults’ attitudes towards ICD implantation in the cont...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4690308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26700296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0173-2 |