The Growing Mismatch Between Patient Longevity and the Service Life of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Robert G. Hauser, MD, FACC*
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Figure 1 Survival of patients after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. SE = standard error of the mean.
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Figure 2 Longevity of standard and large-battery-capacity implantable cardioverter-defibrillator pulse generators. Non-battery failures were censored. SE = standard error of the mean.
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Figure 3 The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implants at the Minneapolis Heart Institute during the past five years. CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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Figure 4 Cost of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) pulse generators at the Minneapolis Heart Institute during the past five years. CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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