title: Identifying patients for prophylactic automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: status of prospective studies.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nisam
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mower
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hauser
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors