Study Backs Specialists Implanting Heart Devices

Source: New York Times Posted By: Dubose E...5484 days ago

Patients who had heart defibrillators implanted by specialists had fewer serious complications than patients who got them implanted by other types of doctors, according to a study released Tuesday.

The study, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, reviewed the experiences of more than 110,000 patients who received defibrillators and other heart devices between January 2006 and June 2007. The review, which analyzed how patients fared during the procedure or in the hospital afterward,....

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