Follow-up defibrillator testing for antiarrhythmic drugs: probability and uncertainty.

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  • Mark A Wood
  • Kenneth A Ellenbogen
چکیده

Health Services and Outcomes Research Cost-Effectiveness of Defibrillator Therapy or Amiodarone in Chronic Stable Heart Failure: Results From the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH; Charlotte L. Nelson, MS; Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD; Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD; Anastasios A. Tsiatis, PhD; Patricia A. Cowper, PhD; Nancy E. Clapp-Channing, RN, MPH; Linda Davidson-Ray, MA; Jeanne E. Poole, MD; George Johnson, BSEE; Jill Anderson, RN; Kerry L. Lee, PhD; Gust H. Bardy, MD; for the SCD-HeFT Investigators Clinical Perspective ➡ 135 Circulation

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Circulation

دوره 114 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006