Only 8 Percent Of Older ICD-Eligible Heart Failure Patients Get An ICD, Study Finds
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Improved patient follow up and communications may be needed to get implantable defibrillators to more patients who need them, researchers say following a recent study finding fewer than 10 percent of eligible patients with low ejection fraction received an ICD within a year after a heart attack, even though ICD implants were associated with lower risk-adjusted two-year mortality in this group.
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