Gender-specific differences in clinical outcome of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 99; no. 17; pp. 1244 - 1249
• Main Authors: van der Heijden, Aafke C, Thijssen, Joep, Borleffs, C Jan Willem, van Rees, Johannes B, Höke, Ulas, van der Velde, Enno T, van Erven, Lieselot, Schalij, Martin J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.09.2013; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Aged; Arrhythmias; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control; Defibrillators; Defibrillators, Implantable - statistics & numerical data; Female; Gender differences; Heart attacks; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Sex Factors; Treatment Outcome; United States > US; Minnesota; Arrhythmias

Objective To assess differences in clinical outcome of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) treatment in men and women. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting University Medical Center. Patients 1946 primary prevention ICD recipients (1528 (79%) men and 418 (21%) women). Patients with cong...