Saturday, August 6, 2011

Emedinews: Makesure: A patient with ejection fraction of 20% dies on sudden cardiac death.


Situation:  A patient with ejection fraction of 20% dies on sudden cardiac death.
Reaction: Oh my God! Why was ICD not put?
Lesson: Make sure all patients with ejection fraction less than 35% are put on ICD unless contraindicated.

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