title: Implantable defibrillators and sudden cardiac death.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Rd, Baker 4/Cardiology, Boston, Mass 022, USA. mjoseph2@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: Hein J J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wellens
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000628:therapy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013318:Stroke Volume; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy