Clinical characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy in a real-world setting: Data from the Israeli ICD Registry

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-441

  Suleiman, Mahmoud ^a   Goldenberg, Ilan ^b   Haim, Moti ^c   Schliamser, Jorge E ^d   Boulos, Monther ^a   Ilan, Michael ^e   Swissa, Moshe ^f   Gavrielov Yusim, Natalie ^b   Fuchs, Therese ^g   Amit, Guy ^h   Glikson, Michael ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defibrillators; Elderly; Outcomes; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELDERLY; OUTCOMES; RESYNCHRONIZATION;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894598203     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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