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ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices)

Andrew E. Epstein MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Chair, John P. DiMarco MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, N. A. Mark Estes III MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Roger A. Freedman MD, FACC, FHRS, Leonard S. Gettes MD, FACC, FAHA, A. Marc Gillinov MD, FACC, FAHA, Gabriel Gregoratos MD, FACC, FAHA, Stephen C. Hammill MD, FACC, FHRS, David L. Hayes MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Mark A. Hlatky MD, FACC, FAHA, L. Kristin Newby MD, FACC, FAHA, Richard L. Page MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Mark H. Schoenfeld MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Michael J. Silka MD, FACC, Lynne Warner Stevenson MD, FACC, FAHA, and Michael O. Sweeney MD, FACC

Key words: ACC/AHA practice guideline • device-based therapy • implantable cardioverter-defibrillator • implantable coronary device • arrhythmia • pacemaker • pacing • cardiomyopathy