Real-World Long-Term Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Elderly Patients
Age had a significant effect on subsequent all-cause death, but not on adverse cardiovascular events in patients with ICDs, suggesting that age should not be the only indication considered for ICD implantation.
Authors
- Hirokazu Komoriyama
- S. Sasaki
- K Otsubo
- Toshiyuki Nagai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1043-0608)
- Toshihisa Anzai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-4967)
- Hikaru Hagiwara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-542X)
- Yasuyuki Chiba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-8441)
- N. Nagai
- Yusuke Tokuda
- Hiroyuki Aoyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0717-1446)
- Masayuki Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-2813)
- Toshihiro Shimizu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0485)
- Yoshiya Kato
- Minoru Sato
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center (JP)
- Sunagawa City Medical Center (JP)
- Hakodate National Hospital (JP)
- Kushiro City General Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1253/circrep.cr-24-0131
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80