Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure

In a randomized trial, more than 1100 patients with nonischemic heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35%) were assigned either to receive or not to receive an ICD. At a median of 67.6 months, there was no significant difference in mortality between the two groups. In both European and...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 375; no. 13; pp. 1221 - 1230
Main Authors:	Køber, Lars, Thune, Jens J, Nielsen, Jens C, Haarbo, Jens, Videbæk, Lars, Korup, Eva, Jensen, Gunnar, Hildebrandt, Per, Steffensen, Flemming H, Bruun, Niels E, Eiskjær, Hans, Brandes, Axel, Thøgersen, Anna M, Gustafsson, Finn, Egstrup, Kenneth, Videbæk, Regitze, Hassager, Christian, Svendsen, Jesper H, Høfsten, Dan E, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Pehrson, Steen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 29.09.2016
Subjects:	Aged Cardiac Pacing, Artificial Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Clinical trials Coronary artery Death Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology Defibrillators Defibrillators, Implantable Electrocardiography Female Follow-Up Studies Health risk assessment Heart diseases Heart failure Heart Failure, Systolic - therapy Humans Male Middle Aged Mortality Stroke Volume Transplants & implants Ventricle Denmark
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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