Implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for primary prevention in dilated cardiomyopathy post-DANISH: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

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Published in Clin Res Cardiol on February 17, 2017

Authors

Georg Wolff1, Yingfeng Lin2, Athanasios Karathanos2, Maximilian Brockmeyer2, Susanne Wolters2, Bernd Nowak3, Alexander Fürnkranz2,3, Hisaki Makimoto2, Malte Kelm2, Volker Schulze2

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. georg.wolff@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
2: Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
3: Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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