Study Of Gender-Related Risk With Some Cardiac Devices

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  November 6, 2007

EXCERPT: "While ICDs -- implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- are the device of choice to manage abnormal heart rhythms, a new study led by cardiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that women with ICDs fare less well than their male counterparts.  ....  women had a greater risk of dying than men."  more

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Retrospective analysis presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2007 (Poster #C148; 3 p.m.).  Lead researcher Andrea Russo, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine.