Totally subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator with an alternative, right parasternal, electrode placement

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zumhagen, Sven ^a   Grace, Andrew A ^b   O'Connor, Stephen ^c   Löher, Andreas ^a   Köbe, Julia ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a   Schulze Bahr, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cameron Health   (United States)

Author keywords

electrode position; long QT syndrome; S ICD; subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PULSE GENERATOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755141633     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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