title: Is anyone too old for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Heidenreich
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*