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Experience With the Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Patients at High Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) for use and effectiveness in preventing sudden death caused by ventricular tachyarrhythmia or fibrillation. METHODS: From April 2010 through October 2013, 6043 German WCD patients (median age, 57 years; male, 78.5%) were...

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Autores principales: Wäßnig, Nadine K., Günther, Michael, Quick, Silvio, Pfluecke, Christian, Rottstädt, Fabian, Szymkiewicz, Steven J., Ringquist, Steven, Strasser, Ruth H., Speiser, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27458236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019124