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Outcomes and costs of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death among the elderly
Heart Rhythm, 05/05/08

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Groeneveld PW et al. - ICD implantation was associated with reduced mortality in a nonexperimental, elderly, primary-prevention patient population hospitalized for CHF. The additional health-care costs of ICD implantation were substantial but comparable to published cost-effectiveness models that have projected ICDs to be cost-effective.

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