Sex Difference in Clinical Outcome of Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator
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Sex Difference in Clinical Outcome of Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator
BACKGROUND Indications for the use of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) have been greatly expanded in recent years, but the influence of sex on the efficacy of the ICD in eligible patients has still been remained unknown. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the impact of sex on the effectiveness of the ICD intervention for mortality and appropriate events. MATER...
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عنوان ژورنال: Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2251-9572,2251-9580
DOI: 10.5812/cardiovascmed.5027