Should everyone with an ejection fraction less than or equal to 30% receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator? Not everyone with an ejection fraction < or = 30% should receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Buxton
Alfred E
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Brown University Medical School, 2 Dudley St, Suite 360, Providence, RI0290, USA. Alfred_Bux@Brown.edu
D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013318:Stroke Volume