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Debate: Do all patients with heart failure require implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death?
Sudden death is a major cause of mortality in patients with ventricular dysfunction. The highest risk occurs among patients with less severe functional impairment. Current methods of risk stratification are inadequate, and a rational therapy for prevention of sudden death is not available. The impla...
Autores principales: | Hsia, Henry H, Jessup, Mariell L, Marchlinski, Francis E |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2000
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC59609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11714420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cvm-1-2-098 |
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