Increasing age is associated with recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias and appropriate ICD therapies secondary to documented index ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
Kathrin WeidnerMichael BehnesChristel WeißChristoph NienaberTobias SchuppLinda ReiserArmin BollowGabriel TatonThomas ReicheltDominik EllguthNiko EngelkeJonas RusnakSeung-Hyun KimChristian BarthMuharrem AkinKambis MashayekhiMartin BorggrefeIbrahim AkinPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2019)
Elderly ICD recipients aged ≥ 75 years are at increased risk of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias, appropriate ICD therapies, and all-cause mortality at 5 years.