Defibs: Small benefit for some seniors
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
BOSTON, March 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests older people with comorbidities or multiple hospital admissions for heart failure receive little benefit from implanted defibrillators.
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