Is the clinical benefit of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator overestimated? The role of sudden cardiac death to total mortality ratio.

Eur Heart J

Healthcare Research and Innovation Program, IRCS-HTA, Bruno Kessler Foundation, via Sommarive 18, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy.

Published: December 2020

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