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<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Urug.Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-04202018000100134</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29277/cardio.33.1.3</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Dispositivos implantables en la insuficiencia cardíaca con fracción de eyección reducida. Más de 30 años de demostrada eficacia terapéutica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Implantable devices in reduced ejection fraction heart failure. More than 30 years of proven therapeutic efficacy]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Freire]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diego]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agorrody]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valentina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Facultad de Medicina Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>134</fpage>
<lpage>168</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-04202018000100134&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-04202018000100134&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-04202018000100134&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En el presente artículo se analiza el rol de los dispositivos implantables en la mejoría de síntomas y en prevención primaria de muerte súbita en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca con fracción de eyección reducida. No se considera la prevención secundaria, es decir, la de aquellos pacientes que ya han presentado un evento arrítmico mayor, que puede ser motivo de otro artículo. Se destaca el análisis de las recomendaciones de las Guías Europeas 2016, tanto para la resincronización cardíaca como para el implante de cardiodesfibrilador, complementado con una descripción pormenorizada de los diferentes ensayos clínicos que pretende contribuir a una correcta toma de decisiones en la práctica clínica. Al final del capítulo el lector encontrará un resumen conceptual con mensajes clave para la puesta al día del conocimiento de estas terapias complementarias del tratamiento médico óptimo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: In this article, the role of implantable devices in improvement of symptoms and primary prevention of sudden death in patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure, is analyzed. Secondary prevention is not considered, that is, of those patients who have already presented a major arrhythmic event, which may be the reason for another article. The analysis of the recommendations of the 2016 European Guidelines is highlighted, both for cardiac resynchronization and for the implantation of cardio-defibrillators, complemented with a detailed description of the different clinical trials, which aim to correct decision-making in clinical practice. At the end of the chapter, the reader will find a conceptual summary in which key messages are considered for updating the knowledge of these complementary therapies of optimal medical treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dispositivos de terapia de resincronización cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Terapia de resincronización cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Desfibriladores implantables]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Insuficiencia cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cardiac resynchronization therapy devices]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cardiac resynchronization therapy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Implantable defibrillators]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[heart failure]]></kwd>
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