PROSPECTIVE TRIALS OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS VERSUS DRUGS - ARE THEY ADDRESSING THE RIGHT QUESTION

Authors
JOSEPHSON M NISAM S
Citation
M. Josephson et S. Nisam, PROSPECTIVE TRIALS OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS VERSUS DRUGS - ARE THEY ADDRESSING THE RIGHT QUESTION, The American journal of cardiology, 77(10), 1996, pp. 859
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:10<859:PTOICV>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
There is already considerable evidence that the implantable cardiovert er-defibrillator prolongs life in properly selected patients (remarkab ly, there is no evidence to the contrary). Studies that are under way and those being planned need to focus on other important issues (e.g., clinical and health-economic) rather than on questions that have alre ady been answered.