Defibrillators Save Lives, Don't Diminish Quality Of Life, Resea...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:15

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say researchers from Duke University Medical Center.


 

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