Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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- 26 March 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (12) , 1453-1458
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000012350.99718.ad
Abstract
Background— Patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and impaired left ventricular ejection fraction have an increased risk of dying suddenly. Methods and Results— Patients with recent...Keywords
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