Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy is cost effective for primary prevention patients in Taiwan: An analysis from the Improve SCA trial.
<h4>Objective</h4>Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) for primary prevention (PP) of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are well-established but underutilized globally. The Improve SCA study has identified a cohort of patients called 1.5 primary prevention (1.5PP) based on PP patients wit...
Main Authors: | Reece Holbrook, Lucas Higuera, Kael Wherry, Dave Phay, Yu-Cheng Hsieh, Kuo-Hung Lin, Yen-Bin Liu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241697 |
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