Evaluating sex differences in population-based utilization of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Role of cardiac conditions and noncardiac comorbidities

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1289-1296

  MacFadden, Derek R ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c   Chong, Alice ^c   Austin, Peter C ^c,d   Lee, Douglas S ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Comorbidity; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sex factor; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEOPLASM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; AGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69049116046     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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