Changes in Follow-Up Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Associated With Outcomes in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Recipients.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on August 04, 2015

Authors

Yiyi Zhang1, Eliseo Guallar1, Elena Blasco-Colmenares2, Barbara Butcher2, Sanaz Norgard2, Victor Nauffal2, Joseph E Marine2, Zayd Eldadah3, Timm Dickfeld4, Kenneth A Ellenbogen5, Gordon F Tomaselli2, Alan Cheng6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
2: Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
3: Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
4: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
5: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia.
6: Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: alcheng@jhmi.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Withdrawal of Medication in Recovered DCM (WrecEF) | NCT02770443

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