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- Title
Implantable defibrillators for the prevention of mortality in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Authors
Desai, Akshay S; Fang, James C; Maisel, William H; Baughman, Kenneth L
- Abstract
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is effective in primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death among patients with prior myocardial infarction and depressed ejection fraction. However, conclusive evidence of survival benefit in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) is still lacking.
- Publication
JAMA, 2004, Vol 292, Issue 23, p2874
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.292.23.2874