Effectiveness of implantable defibrillators in octogenarians and nonagenarians for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 718-722

  Mezu, Ure ^a   Adelstein, Evan ^a   Jain, Sandeep ^a   Saba, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80051809304     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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