Heart Failure and the Risk of Shocks in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
- 23 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 109 (11) , 1386-1391
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000120703.99433.1e
Abstract
Background— Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) predicts device discharges in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). The relationship between severity of congestive heart failure (CHF) and ICD discharges is less clear.Keywords
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