Prevalence of anxiety and risk associated with ventricular arrhythmia in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Anxiety has been associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients who have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). However, results are inconclusive likely due to different measures being used to assess anxiety. Hence, the current study aims to examine the prevalence and the association between anxiety, ventricular tachyarrhythmia's (VTa's) and all-cause mortality, respectively.Patients who received an ICD for the first...