Response to: The paradox of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: When guidelines play against care improvement

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2241 Sears Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146.
² Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
³ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

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Godefroy S Chery et al. Am Heart J. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar:233:151-152.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.11.014.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2241 Sears Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146.
² Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
³ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

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Prognostic value of myocardial fibrosis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A systematic review.
Chery G, Kamp N, Kosinski AS, Schmidler GS, Lopes RD, Patel M, Al-Khatib SM. Chery G, et al. Am Heart J. 2020 Nov;229:52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.08.004. Epub 2020 Aug 11. Am Heart J. 2020. PMID: 32916608 Free PMC article.
The paradox of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: When guidelines may play against care improvement.
Disertori M, Masè M, Rigoni M, Ravelli F, Nollo G. Disertori M, et al. Am Heart J. 2021 Mar;233:149-150. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.11.012. Am Heart J. 2021. PMID: 33610194 No abstract available.