Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving new and replacement implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the NCDR

Kramer DB, Kennedy KF, Noseworthy PA, Buxton AE, Josephson ME, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Zimetbaum PJ, Reynolds MR, Mitchell SL.
Sharon-Lise Normand
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Characteristics%20and%20outcomes%20of%20patients%20receiving%20new%20and%20replacement%20implantable%20cardioverter-defibrillators%3A%20results%20from%20the%20NCDR