Electrocardiographic findings, device therapies, and comorbidities in octogenarian implantable defibrillator recipients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-241

  Daniels, James D ^a,b   Saunders, Justin ^a,b   Parvathaneni, Sunthosh ^a,b   Byrd, Amanda ^a   Joglar, Jose A ^b   Obel, Owen ^a,b  

^a VA North Texas Health Care Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; BRADYCARDIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRADYCARDIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS;

EID: 77649098210     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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