Application of ICD guidelines and indications in a community-based academic hospital: a case series-based discussion

Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are indeed beneficial in selected patients as evidenced by multiple large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) since 1980. A systematic method for stratification of patients and hospital-wide criteria/guidelines to ascertain appropriate devic...

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Main Authors: WuQiang Fan, Koroush Khalighi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/23909/pdf_1