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Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... life-year saved by an ICD was estimated at US$66 677 in 2002.[ 16 ]  Based on these trials, the 2005 Canadian ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... of the original cohort’s offspring, was enrolled, and in 2002 a third generation was enrolled.  In the nearly 5 ... by the Framingham algorithms.[ 16 ]  To address this issue, a number of other risk-prediction algorithms have been ... certain ethnic groups, the Framingham risk model may underserve women.  Studies have suggested that the ...