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Doctor's Training Affects Defibrillator Implant Results
Date:4/21/2009

Further study is needed to see whether the benefits of having an implant done by an electrophysiologist continue after hospital discharge, Curtis and Hammill said. "We need a follow-up study to see what happens over time," Curtis said.

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For more on implantable cardioverter defibrillators, visit the American Heart Association.



SOURCES: Jeptha C. Curtis, M.D., assistant professor, medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; Stephen C. Hammill, M.D., professor, medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; April 22/29, 2009, Journal of the American Medical Association


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