Trends in Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Have the Previously Observed Sex and Racial Disparities Changed Over Time?

BACKGROUND: Prior studies have demonstrated low utilization of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), particularly among women and blacks. The degree to which the overall use of ICD therapy and disparities in use have changed is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined 1...

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Hauptverfasser: Al-Khatib, Sana M., Hellkamp, Anne S., Hernandez, Adrian F., Fonarow, Gregg C., Thomas, Kevin L., Al-Khalidi, Hussein R., Heidenreich, Paul A., Hammill, Stephen, Yancy, Clyde, Peterson, Eric D.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670671/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22287589
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.066605
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