title: Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Medicare Patients--Reply.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pokorney
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Tracy Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*