title: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and severe heart failure.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mecca
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barakat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olshansky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models