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Body Piercing with a Metallic Tongue Stud Resulting in Ineffective Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Shocks: “Heart to Mouth”

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) provide circulatory support to patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Many such patients have a pre-existing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at the time of their LVAD surgery. LVAD implantation can alter the ICD lead parameter...

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Autores principales: Singh, Manavotam, Brar, Vijaywant, Alexander, Nebu, Tashayyod, Rustin, O’Donoghue, Susan, Worley, Seth J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MediaSphere Medical 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8631372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34858672
http://dx.doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2021.121105