TY - JOUR
T1 - Choice of pacemakers in patients aged 75 years and older
T2 - ventricular pacing mode vs. dual-chamber pacing mode
AU - Vlietstra, Ronald E.
AU - Jahangir, Arshad
AU - Shen, Win K.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - Half of all pacemakers implanted in the United States are for patients aged 75 years and older. The expectations and needs of an older group are different from patients who are younger, yet it is only recently that different pacing mode benefits for elderly persons have been tested in clinical trials. Some of the results have been surprising and suggest new algorithms for management. Other issues are still on the threshold of investigation. These include pacing for heart failure in elderly patients and pacing combined with cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
AB - Half of all pacemakers implanted in the United States are for patients aged 75 years and older. The expectations and needs of an older group are different from patients who are younger, yet it is only recently that different pacing mode benefits for elderly persons have been tested in clinical trials. Some of the results have been surprising and suggest new algorithms for management. Other issues are still on the threshold of investigation. These include pacing for heart failure in elderly patients and pacing combined with cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2005.03329.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2005.03329.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15654152
AN - SCOPUS:18244369790
SN - 1076-7460
VL - 14
SP - 35
EP - 38
JO - The American journal of geriatric cardiology
JF - The American journal of geriatric cardiology
IS - 1
ER -