Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction

Abstract

In patients with a prior myocardial infarction and advanced left ventricular dysfunction, prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator improves survival and should be considered as a recommended therapy.

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MedicineEjection fractionCardiologyMyocardial infarctionInternal medicineVentricular functionRandomized controlled trialImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorHeart failure

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 346
Issue: 12
Pages: 877-883
Citations: 6782
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                                    Arthur J. Moss, 
                                
                                    Wojciech Zaręba, 
                                
                                    William J. Hall
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 346
                            (12)
                            , 877-883.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa013474
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa013474