Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure.

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Published in JAMA on October 03, 2007

Authors

Adrian F Hernandez1, Gregg C Fonarow, Li Liang, Sana M Al-Khatib, Lesley H Curtis, Kenneth A LaBresh, Clyde W Yancy, Nancy M Albert, Eric D Peterson

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA. adrian.hernandez@duke.edu

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