title: ICD implantation and evidence-based patient selection.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left