Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society
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Comparative Study
Renal dialysis as a risk factor for appropriate therapies and mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients.
Patients with end-stage renal disease are at increased risk for sudden cardiac death, although the utility of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in these patients is unknown. ⋯ In this cohort, end-stage renal disease was the single greatest predictor of ICD therapies for VT/VF. The survival rate was significantly shorter than that of ICD recipients without end-stage renal disease, suggesting that comorbidities in end-stage renal disease patients meeting current implant indications may reduce the survival benefit of ICD placement in this population.