Journal article
Role of the implantable defibrillator among elderly patients with a history of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
Abstract
AIMS: The implantable defibrillator (ICD) reduces arrhythmic and all-cause mortality in patients with a history of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. However, its effectiveness in elderly patients is uncertain, given their competing risk of non-arrhythmic death.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Individual patient data from all three secondary prevention trials comparing the ICD to amiodarone were pooled. Patients were divided into two groups based …
Authors
Healey JS; Hallstrom AP; Kuck K-H; Nair G; Schron EP; Roberts RS; Morillo CA; Connolly SJ
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 28, No. 14, pp. 1746–1749
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
July 1, 2007
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehl438
ISSN
0195-668X