The Conundrum of Defibrillators in the Elderly

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: sumeet.chugh@cshs.org.
² Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

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Sumeet S Chugh et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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. 2017 Jan 24;69(3):275-277.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.063.

¹ Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: sumeet.chugh@cshs.org.
² Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

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Keywords: aged; secondary prevention; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation.

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Outcomes Among Older Patients Receiving Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Secondary Prevention: From the NCDR ICD Registry.
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