title: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death: too little and too late?
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division (C.M.A. and W.G.S.) and Division of Preventive Medicine (C.M.A.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Editorials; arrhythmias, cardiac; death, sudden, cardiac; defibrillators, implantable; electrophysiology; epidemiology