Patient-Reported Quality of Life as a Predictor of Mortality and Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia's During 7 Years’ Follow-Up in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (from the MIDAS Study)

Preliminary evidence suggests that poor patient-reported quality of life (QoL) predicts mortality on the short term in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). It is unclear if this association persists on the long term. We evaluated whether patient-reported QoL at the time of implantation predicts mortality and ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTa's) during 7 years’ follow-up in patients with an ICD. A consecutive cohort of...