Comparison of benefit and mortality of implantable cardioverter- defibrillator therapy in patients aged <75 years versus those <75 years

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 712-717

  Brllmann, Simon ^a   Dichtl, Wolfgang ^b   Paoli, Ursula ^b   Haegeli, Laurent ^a   Schmied, Christian ^a   Steffel, Jan ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a   Hintringer, Florian ^b   Seifert, Burkhard ^c   Duru, Firat ^d   Wolber, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857635844     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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