Health-related quality of life of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators compared with that of pacemaker recipients.

Autor: Leosdottir, Margret, Sigurdsson, Engilbert, Reimarsdottir, Gudrun, Gottskalksson, Gizur, Torfason, Bjarni, Vigfusdottir, Margret, Eggertsson, Sveinn, Arnar, David O.
Zdroj: EP: Europace; Mar2006, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p168-174, 7p
Abstrakt: Aims Studies indicate a poorer quality of life (QoL) for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients than for the general population. However, studies comparing the QoL of ICD patients with that of patients with other implantable cardiac devices are scarce. We hypothesized that ICD patients had a poorer QoL than pacemaker patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index