Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in elderly patients: outcome and predictors of mortality.
Massimiliano MariniMarta MartinMattia StrazzantiSilvia QuintarelliFabrizio GuarraciniAlessio CoserSergio ValsecchiRoberto BonmassariPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2021)
This study showed good survival in ICD patients in all age-groups, including those aged ≥80 years. The CHA2DS2-VASc score seems to be a stronger predictor of death than age.