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33. CONCLUSIONS HF guidelines have evolved to promote aggressive medical therapy Controversy exists regarding indications of device therapy despite clear scientific evidence, due to other factors For better efficacy, ECG criteria should be substituted by echo and EP criteria for device therapy

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