New Guidance for ICD Implantation Offers Decision Aids for Physicians and Patients

• Autores: Mike Mitka
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 309, Nº. 16, 2013, págs. 1671-1672
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Key cardiology groups have issued guidance for the appropriate use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy. The February publication follows a federal investigation into ICD implantation and a study suggesting that more than 1 in 5 ICDs is implanted inappropriately.