Health-related quality of life of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators compared with that of pacemaker recipients

Aims Studies indicate a poorer quality of life (QoL) for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients than for the general population. However, studies comparing the QoL of ICD patients with that of patients with other implantable cardiac devices are scarce. We hypothesized that ICD patient...

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Published in:EP Europace
Main Authors: Leosdottir, Margret, Sigurdsson, Engilbert, Reimarsdottir, Gudrun, Gottskalksson, Gizur, Torfason, Bjarni, Vigfusdottir, Margret, Eggertsson, Sveinn, Arnar, David O.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2006
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Online Access:http://europace.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/euj052v1
https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euj052