title: Do implantable cardioverter defibrillators lower mortality risk in patients with cardiomyopathy?
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. gersh.bernard@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gersh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy