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Long-Term Benefit of Primary Prevention With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
Author(s) -
Ilan Goldenberg,
John A. Gillespie,
Arthur J. Moss,
William J. Hall,
Helmut Klein,
Scott McNitt,
Mary W. Brown,
Iwona Cygankiewicz,
Wojciech Zaręba
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.940148
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , cardiology
The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II) showed a significant 31 reduction in the risk of death with primary implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy during a median follow-up of 1.5 years. However, currently there are no data on the long-term efficacy of primary defibrillator therapy.

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