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...
Main Authors: | WuQiang Fan, Koroush Khalighi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-04-01
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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 |
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