Amiodarone or an Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator for Congestive Heart Failure

H. Bardy, Gust; L. Lee, Kerry; B. Mark, Daniel; E. Poole, Jeanne; L. Packer, Douglas; Boineau, Robin; Domanski, Michaël; Troutman, Charles; Anderson, Jill; Johnson, George; E. McNulty, Steven; E. Clapp‐Channing, Nancy; Davidson‐Ray, Linda; Fraulo, Elizabeth; P. Fishbein, Daniel; M. Luceri, Richard; E. Ip, James

doi:10.1056/nejmoa043399

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Amiodarone or an Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator for Congestive Heart Failure

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 19, 2005

Authors:

Gust H. Bardy

Kerry L. Lee

Daniel B. Mark

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sudden death from cardiac causes remains a leading cause of death among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Treatment with amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been proposed to improve the prognosis in such patients. METHODS: We randomly assigned 25...

Subject

Medicine

Amiodarone

Ejection fraction

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