title: Response by Hess et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Sex and Race/Ethnicity Differences in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Counseling and Use Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Program".
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Adrian F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Deepak L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Anne S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hellkamp
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Clyde W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yancy
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Lee H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwamm
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Phillip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Gregg C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fonarow
authors.affiliation: From the Cardiology Section, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO (P.L.H.); Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (P.L.H.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (A.F.H., A.S.H., E.D.P., P.J.S., S.M.A.-K.); Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.L.B.); Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (C.W.Y.); Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.S.); and Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (G.C.F.).
authors.forename: Sana M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Khatib
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans