title: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: therapy against Canada's leading killer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
authors.forename: Darryl R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Anthony S L
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D002170:Canada; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome