Association of physician certification and outcomes among patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

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Published in JAMA on April 22, 2009

Authors

Jeptha P Curtis1, Jeffrey J Luebbert, Yongfei Wang, Saif S Rathore, Jersey Chen, Paul A Heidenreich, Stephen C Hammill, Rachel I Lampert, Harlan M Krumholz

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8017, USA. jeptha.curtis@yale.edu

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