Primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator in elderly patients: results of a Spanish multicentre study | Zendy

Víctor Expósito | Zendy; Moisés RodríguezMañero | Zendy; Susana GonzálezEnríquez | Zendy; Miguel Á. Arias | Zendy; Juan Miguel SánchezGómez | Zendy; Ana Andrés La Huerta | Zendy; Vicente BertomeuGonzález | Zendy; Álvaro ArceLeón | Zendy; María Teresa Barrio-López | Zendy; Hugo Arguedas-Jiménez | Zendy; Javier García Seara | Zendy; Felipe RodríguezEntem | Zendy

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Primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator in elderly patients: results of a Spanish multicentre study

Author(s) -

Víctor Expósito,

Moisés RodríguezMañero,

Susana GonzálezEnríquez,

Miguel Á. Arias,

Juan Miguel SánchezGómez,

Ana Andrés La Huerta,

Vicente BertomeuGonzález,

Álvaro ArceLeón,

María Teresa Barrio-López,

Hugo Arguedas-Jiménez,

Javier García Seara,

Felipe RodríguezEntem

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/euv337

Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiac resynchronization therapy , primary prevention , cardiology , secondary prevention , heart failure , ejection fraction , disease

Currently, there continues to be a lack of evidence regarding outcomes associated with device-based therapy for ventricular arrhythmias in elderly patients, even more in primary-prevention indications. We aimed to describe the follow-up in terms of efficacy and safety of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in a large cohort of elderly patients.

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