Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart Failure | Zendy

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

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Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart Failure

Author(s) -

Jeanne E. Poole,

George Johnson,

Anne S. Hellkamp,

Jill Anderson,

David J. Callans,

Merritt H. Raitt,

Ramakota Reddy,

Francis E. Marchlinski,

Raymond Yee,

Thomas Guarnieri,

Mario Talajic,

David J. Wilber,

Daniel P. Fishbein,

Douglas L. Packer,

Daniel B. Mark,

Kerry L. Lee,

Gust H. Bardy

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa071098

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , shock (circulatory) , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , heart failure , proportional hazards model , ventricular tachycardia , confidence interval , tachycardia

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 such patients is limited.

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