October 2, 2007JAMA418 citations
View Full PaperSex and Racial Differences in the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Structured PICO
Are there sex and racial differences in the receipt of ICD therapy among eligible patients hospitalized with heart failure?
P
Population
Patients hospitalized with heart failure who are potentially eligible for ICD therapy
I
Intervention
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) therapy
O
Outcome
Receipt of ICD therapy
Significant sex and racial disparities exist in the utilization of guideline-indicated ICD therapy among hospitalized heart failure patients.
Abstract
Less than 40% of potentially eligible patients hospitalized for heart failure received ICD therapy, and rates of use were lower among eligible women and black patients than among white men.