title: Editorial: The economical challenge in the treatment of chronic heart failure: is primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy cost-effective in Europe?
authors.forename: Martin R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cowie
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*