Study finds high survival rate for elderly patients with implantable defibrillator
Monday, January 16, 2017 - 20:01
in Health & Medicine
Of patients over age 65 who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) after surviving sudden cardiac arrest or a near-fatal arrhythmia, almost 80 percent survived two years—a higher rate than found in past trials performed to demonstrate the efficacy of the devices in this situation, according to a study.