Intermuscular implantation technique for subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillators

Konstantinos P. Letsas,Sotirios Xydonas,Nikolaos Karamichalakis,M. Efremidis,Dimitrios Manolatos,George Bazoukis,Dimitrios Asvestas,Konstantinos Vlachos,Stamatis Georgopoulos,Athanasios Saplaouras,Joachim Winter,A. Sideris

Intermuscular implantation technique for subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillators

2018

Konstantinos P. Letsas
Sotirios Xydonas
Nikolaos Karamichalakis
M. Efremidis
Dimitrios Manolatos
George Bazoukis
Dimitrios Asvestas
Konstantinos Vlachos
Stamatis Georgopoulos
Athanasios Saplaouras
Joachim Winter
A. Sideris

Background The conventional technique for subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implantation has been associated with pocket complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an alternative intermuscular technique for S‑ICD implantation.

Keywords:

Implantable defibrillators
Cardiomyopathy
Diabetes mellitus
Sudden cardiac death
Cardiology
Internal medicine
Ventricular fibrillation
Medicine
major complication
Defibrillation threshold
Brugada syndrome
Latissimus dorsi muscle
surgical repair
noise detection
Surgery

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