Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the elderly: rationale and specific age-related considerations

Despite the increasingly high rate of implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in elderly patients, data supporting their clinical and cost-effectiveness in this age stratum are ambiguous and contradictory. We comprehensively reviewed the state-of-the-art data regarding the applicability, s...

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Autor principal: Barra, Sérgio (author)
Outros Autores: Providência, Rui (author), Paiva, Luís (author), Heck, Patrick (author), Agarwal, Sharad (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2016
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1907
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/1907