title: Implantation of cardiac defibrillators for primary prevention: a pendulum too far?
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hauptman
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D015897:Comorbidity; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018579:Patient Selection; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis