Abstract
We found no evidence of improved survival among patients with coronary heart disease, a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction, and an abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogram in whom a defibrillator was implanted prophylactically at the time of elective coronary bypass surgery.
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MedicineCardiologyInternal medicineArteryCoronary artery diseaseCoronary artery bypass surgerySudden cardiac deathSudden deathSurgery
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- 1997
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- article
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- 337
- Issue
- 22
- Pages
- 1569-1575
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- 1016
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J. Thomas Bigger
(1997).
Prophylactic Use of Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators in Patients at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias after Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 337
(22)
, 1569-1575.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199711273372201
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- 10.1056/nejm199711273372201