Thirteen-year nationwide trends in use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and subsequent long-term survival

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2018-2027

  Schmidt, Morten ^a   Pedersen, Susanne Bendesgaard ^a   Farkas, Dóra Körmendiné ^a   Hjortshøj, Søren Pihlkjær ^b   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Nielsen, Jens Cosedis ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implantationrate; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939775678     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.04.040     Document Type: Article

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