Is the benefit/risk ratio for cardiac defibrillators implanted in an older population (age 75 or more) still favourable?
Greenlane Cardiovascular Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. lmhan88@hotmail.com.
Ming Han
MH
Lim
Warren
W
Smith
Peter
P
Larsen
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome