Sex differences and adherence of patients treated with wearable cardioverter-defibrillator: Insights from an international multicenter register.

Mohammad AbumayyalehTobias C DreherStephanie RosenkaimerSusanne RögerJulia W ErathNorbert KleinBoldizsar KovacsFirat DuruArdan M SagunerIbrahim El-BattrawyIbrahim Akin

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)

Compliance for wearing WCD was excellent regardless of sex. Furthermore, mortality and the incidence of ICD implantations were comparable in both sexes. Appropriate WCD shocks were similar in both sexes.

Keyphrases

risk factors
cardiovascular events
heart rate
cardiac resynchronization therapy
cross sectional
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
glycemic control
skeletal muscle
left ventricular