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Nauffal, Victor, MD; Zhang, Yiyi, PhD; Blasco-Colmenares, Elena, MD, PhD; Spragg, David D., MD; Marine, Joseph E., MD; Butcher, Barbara, RN; Norgard, Sanaz, BS; Guallar, Eliseo, MD, DrPH; Tomaselli, Gordon F., MD; Cheng, Alan, MD
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 12/2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 25Journal Article
Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate the hazard ratios (HRs) associated with the different types of ICD therapy modeled as time-dependent covariates. Compared with patients who did not receive any ICD therapy, those who received appropriate ICD therapy only were more likely to be male, have higher body mass index, have lower use of beta-blockers, and have an ICD rather than a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator device.
