Implantable defibrillator therapy for the elderly

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-13

  Saksena, Sanjeev ^a,b   Mathew, Philip ^a   Giorgberidze, Irakli ^a   Krol, Ryszard B ^a   Kaushik, Raj ^a  

^a Eastern Heart Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELDERLY CARE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; SAFETY;

EID: 0031984739     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Moss AJ. Hall WJ, Cannom DS, et al. Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary artery disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia. N Eng J Med. 1996;335: 1933-1940.
2. The AVID Investigators. Antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators (AVID) - Rationale, design, and methods. Am J Cardiol. 1995;75: 470-475.
3. Saksena S, Madan N, Lewis C. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are preferable to drugs as primary therapy in sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Prog CV Dis. 1996;38:445-454.
4. Saksena S, Breithardt G, Dorian P, et al. Nonpharmacologic therapy for malignant ventricular arrhythmias: Implantable defibrillator trials. Prog CV Dis. 1996;38:429-444.
5. Luderitz B, Jung W, Deister A, et al. Quality of life in multiprogrammable ICD recipients. In: Saksena S, Luderitz B, (eds). Interventional Electrophysiology. 2nd Ed. Armonk, NY: Futura Publishing; 1996;305-313.
6. Steinbeck G, Dorwarth U, Mattke S, et al. Hemodynamic deterioration during ICD implant: Predictors of high-risk patients. Am Heart J. 1994;127(suppl):1064-1067.
7. Tresch DD, Troup PJ, Thakur RK, et al. Comparison of efficacy of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator in patients older and younger than 65 years of age. Am J Med. 1991;90:717-724.
8. Manolis AS, Rastegar H, Wang PJ, et al. Implantation of the automatic defibrillator system in elderly and younger patients: Comparative results. (abstr). J Am Coll Cardiol. 1993;21:212A.
9. Munsif AN, Saksena S, DeGroot P, et al. Low-energy endocardial defibrillation using dual, triple, and quadruple electrode systems. Am J Cardiol. 1997;79:1632-1639.