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SUBMITTER: Zeitler EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4461749 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeitler Emily P EP Hellkamp Anne S AS Fonarow Gregg C GC Hammill Stephen C SC Curtis Lesley H LH Hernandez Adrian F AF Al-Khalidi Hussein R HR Curtis Jeptha P JP Heidenreich Paul A PA Anstrom Kevin J KJ Peterson Eric D ED Mark Daniel B DB Hammill Bradley G BG Sanders Gillian D GD Al-Khatib Sana M SM
JACC. Heart failure 20141105 2
<h4>Objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to assess the benefit of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in women.<h4>Background</h4>Clinical trials of primary prevention ICDs enrolled a limited number of women.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a propensity score method, we matched 490 women ≥65 years of age who received an ICD during a hospitalization for heart failure in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD Registry from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 200 ...[more]