title: Small device may offer big boost to heart failure survival. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are now routinely recommended for many heart failure patients.
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods