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Making sure women are represented in clinical trials can improve results for all patientsResearchers found men are more likely than women to die or suffer abnormal heart rhythms using an ICD to treat non-ischemic cardiomyopathyThis became clear only because the study recruited nearly 48% women

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Recruiting more women to clinical trials for heart devices can improve care for all cardiac patients, a new study argues.

A trial investigating the effectiveness of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) wound up revealing vital information because researchers made sure nearly half the study participants were female, researchers reported Aug. 25 in the journal eClinicalMedicine .

The trial involved patients with non-ischemic cardiomyo

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