Sudden cardiac death: opportunities for prevention.
The evidence base for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy requires expansion of guidance/indications to allow UK physicians to treat a broader range of patients. The ICD clinical consultees to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) review current guidance/guidelines, explain the evidence base, and suggest a UK ICD implantation strategy.
Morgan
J M
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Cowan
J C
JC
Camm
A J
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McComb
J M
JM
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000191:economics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors