• Vol. 42 No. 9, 480–482
  • 15 September 2013

Trends Amongst Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients in a Tertiary Cardiac Centre in Singapore from 2002 to 2011

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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are established therapy for cardiac patients at significant increased risk of sudden cardiac death. The relative risk reduction in mortality range from 23% at 5 years for primary prevention patients in the SCD-HeFT trial to 39% at one year for the secondary prevention patients in the AVID trial.

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