Key result
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are well established as a safe and effective means to reduce the death rate among survivors of cardiac arrest.
Why the study?
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are a well established safe and effective means to reduce death among survivors of cardiac events, yet their use remains limited.
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Few medical therapies pose the issue of how to avoid sudden cardiac death as starkly as does the implantable cardioverter defibrillator — a device that is implanted like a pacemaker, which has been well established as a safe and effective means to reduce the death rate among survivors of cardiac
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C.S. Simpson (2007) studied this question. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are well established as a safe and effective means to reduce the death rate among survivors of cardiac arrest.
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