Dilated Cardiomyopathy

References

Citations

1. McKelvie R (2005). Heart failure. Clinical Evidence (13): 115–138.

2. Bristow MR, et al. (2004). Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure. New England Journal of Medicine, 350(21): 2140–2150.

3. Kadish A, et al. (2004). Prophylactic defibrillator implantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. New England Journal of Medicine, 350(21): 2151–2158.

Other Works Consulted

• American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (2005). ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult. Summary article. Available online: http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/46/6/1116.

• Mestroni L, et al. (2004). Dilated cardiomyopathies. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst's the Heart, 11th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1889–1907. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Wynne J, Braunwald E (2004). The cardiomyopathies. In E Braunwald, ed., Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1659–1696. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

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