Gender Differences in Appropriate Shocks and Mortality among Patients with Primary Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Some but not all prior studies have shown that women receiving a primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) have a lower risk of death and appropriate shocks than men. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of gender on the risk of appropriate shock, all-cause mortality a...

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Autores principales: Conen, David, Arendacká, Barbora, Röver, Christian, Bergau, Leonard, Munoz, Pascal, Wijers, Sofieke, Sticherling, Christian, Zabel, Markus, Friede, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5019464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162756

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