Comparison of ventricular arrhythmia burden, therapeutic interventions, and survival, in patients < 75 and patients >= 75 years of age treated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

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Ermis C., Zhu A. X., VanHeel L., Sakaguchi R. N. S., Lurie K. G., Lu F., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPACE, cilt.9, sa.5, ss.270-274, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/europace/eum015
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPACE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.270-274
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ventricular arrhythmia burden, elderly, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, HEART-FAILURE, DISEASE, DEATH, RISK
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) reduce arrhythmic mortality in a wide range of patients with poor left ventricular (LV) function. However, whether ICD therapy is equally effective in younger and older patients remains uncertain. To address this question, we compared ICD-documented ventricular tachyarrhythmia burden in patients < 75 years of age (Group 1) and >= 75 years of age (Group 2).