Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation

Comminuted subcapital humerus fracture as a complication of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator insertion is related to an abducted and externally rotated arm position during the defibrillation threshold test at which the current pathway is through the pectoral muscle. It is advisabl...

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Autores principales: Elders, Jan, AlHashimi, Hisham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.031
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description Comminuted subcapital humerus fracture as a complication of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator insertion is related to an abducted and externally rotated arm position during the defibrillation threshold test at which the current pathway is through the pectoral muscle. It is advisable to adduct the arm before defibrillation threshold testing. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-82983072021-07-26 Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation Elders, Jan AlHashimi, Hisham JACC Case Rep Case Report Comminuted subcapital humerus fracture as a complication of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator insertion is related to an abducted and externally rotated arm position during the defibrillation threshold test at which the current pathway is through the pectoral muscle. It is advisable to adduct the arm before defibrillation threshold testing. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8298307/ /pubmed/34317216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.031 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation
title_full Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation
title_fullStr Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation
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title_short Left-Sided Humerus Fracture as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following S-ICD Implantation
title_sort left-sided humerus fracture as an unusual complication of defibrillation threshold testing following s-icd implantation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298307/
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