Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure

AF Hernandez, GC Fonarow, L Liang, SM Al-Khatib… - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextPractice guidelines recommend implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy
for patients with heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction of 30% or less. The
influence of sex and race on ICD use among eligible patients is unknown. ObjectiveTo
examine sex and racial differences in the use of ICD therapy. Design, Setting, and
PatientsObservational analysis of 13 034 patients admitted with heart failure and left
ventricular ejection fraction of 30% or less and discharged alive from hospitals in the …
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