Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart Failure

E. Poole, Jeanne; Johnson, George; S. Hellkamp, Anne; Anderson, Jill; J. Callans, David; H. Raitt, Merritt; Reddy, Ramakota; E. Marchlinski, Francis; Yee, Raymond; Guarnieri, Thomas; Talajic, Mario; J. Wilber, David; P. Fishbein, Daniel; L. Packer, Douglas; B. Mark, Daniel; L. Lee, Kerry; H. Bardy, Gust

doi:10.1056/nejmoa071098

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Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart Failure

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 3, 2008

Authors:

Jeanne E. Poole

George Johnson

Anne S. Hellkamp

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with heart failure who receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention (i.e., prevention of a first life-threatening arrhythmic event) may later receive therapeutic shocks from the ICD. Information about long-term prognosis after ICD therapy in suc...

Subject

Medicine

Hazard ratio

Shock (circulatory)

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