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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
The automatic implantable defibrillator is an essential component of the preventive management of sudden death of patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Though its efficacy in this indication is not contested, the data concerning its influence on global cardiac mortality is more controversial. The elements of this controversy are reviewed. Several prognostic factors are implicated, the principal of which being the patient's haemodynamic status as assessed by objective evaluation of left ventricular function. Prospective randomised studies comparing medical therapy with the automatic implantable defibrillator are under way and should provide a better understanding of its indications in the future.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1617-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Automatic implantable defibrillators: long-term results].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de cardiologie, hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review