Clinical studyEffectiveness of implantable defibrillators for preventing arrhythmic events and death: A Meta-Analysis☆
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Abbreviations
AAD
antiarrhythmic drugs
AVID
Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators study
CABG Patch
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patch trial
CASH
Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg
CAT
Cardiomyopathy Trial
CI
confidence interval
CIDS
Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study
ICD
implantable cardioverter defibrillator
LV
left ventricular
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
MADIT
Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial
MUSTT
Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial
RCT
randomized controlled trial
RD
risk difference
RR
relative risk
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Dr. Lee is a research fellow of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Liu is supported in part by grants from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Heart & Stroke/Polo Chair Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tu is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research and by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Alter is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
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