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Are there sex and racial differences in the receipt of ICD therapy among eligible patients hospitalized with heart failure?
Are there sex and racial differences in the receipt of ICD therapy among eligible patients hospitalized with heart failure?
Significant sex and racial disparities exist in the utilization of guideline-indicated ICD therapy among hospitalized heart failure patients.
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Persistent sex/racial disparities in ICD use among eligible HF patients merit attention; leaves open whether interventions can improve equity.
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.
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Hernandez et al. (2007) studied this question.
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