Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart Failure

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Authors

Jeanne E. Poole · University of Washington

George Johnson · The Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research

Anne S. Hellkamp · Clinical Research Institute

Jill Anderson · The Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research

David J. Callans · Philadelphia University

Merritt H. Raitt · Oregon Health & Science University

Ramakota Reddy

Abstract

Among patients with heart failure in whom an ICD is implanted for primary prevention, those who receive shocks for any arrhythmia have a substantially higher risk of death than similar patients who do not receive such shocks.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 359, Issue 10, pp. 1009-1017

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa071098

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