Cardiac resynchronization in the elderly is beneficial, but could we implant our devices in old patients safer?

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2016 Mar;13(3):277-8. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.03.014.

Authors

Evgeny N Mikhaylov¹, Dmitry S Lebedev²

Affiliations

¹ Arrhythmia Department, Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Neuromodulation Unit, Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
² Arrhythmia Department, Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

PMID: 27103926
PMCID: PMC4826901
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.03.014

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Pneumothorax.