Subcutaneous ICD implantation in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after transvenous ICD failure: A case report

We describe the case of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who experienced the failure of a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (T‐ICD) lead and the following inability of a second T‐ICD to convert a ventricular fibrillation. A subcutaneous ICD (S‐ICD) was finally implanted an...

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Autores principales: Baroni, Matteo, Cattafi, Giuseppe, Arupi, Michele, Paolucci, Marco, Pelenghi, Stefano, Lunati, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12011
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Sumario:We describe the case of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who experienced the failure of a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (T‐ICD) lead and the following inability of a second T‐ICD to convert a ventricular fibrillation. A subcutaneous ICD (S‐ICD) was finally implanted and was effective at defibrillation test.

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