Gender Differences in Appropriate Shocks and Mortality among Patients with Primary Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some but not all prior studies have shown that women receiving a primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) have a lower risk of death and appropriate shocks than men.

Purpose

To evaluate the effect of gender on the risk of appropriate shock, all-cause mortality and inappropriate shock in contemporary studies of patients receiving a primary prophylactic ICD.

Data source

PubMed, LIVIVO, Cochrane CENTRAL between 2010 and 2016.

Study selection

Studies providing at least 1 gender-specific risk estimate for the outcomes of interest.

Data extraction

Abstracts were screened independently for potentially eligible studies for inclusion. Thereby each abstract was reviewed by at least two authors.

Data synthesis

Out of 680 a

SUBMITTER: Conen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5019464 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature