End-of-life of implantable defibrillator: are we certain it should always be replaced?

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2018 Feb:19 Suppl 1:e116-e119. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000554.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / mortality
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Device Removal*
  • Electric Countershock / adverse effects
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
  • Electric Countershock / mortality
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection
  • Primary Prevention / instrumentation*
  • Risk Factors
  • Secondary Prevention / instrumentation*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome