Use of pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK) PlasmaBlade™ in patients undergoing implantation of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator | Zendy

Elif Kaya | Zendy; Johannes Siebermair | Zendy; Obayda Azizy | Zendy; Dobromir Dobrev | Zendy; Tienush Rassaf | Zendy; Reza Wakili | Zendy

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Use of pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK) PlasmaBlade™ in patients undergoing implantation of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Author(s) -

Elif Kaya,

Johannes Siebermair,

Obayda Azizy,

Dobromir Dobrev,

Tienush Rassaf,

Reza Wakili

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

ijc heart and vasculature

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813

H-Index - 18

ISSN - 2352-9067

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100390

Subject(s) - implantable cardioverter defibrillator , medicine , cardiology

The results of our pilot study suggest that intermuscular S-ICD implantation using PEAK is safe and potentially beneficial in patients receiving OAC or APT with respect to prevention of bleeding complications. These results support the rationale for large prospective controlled trials evaluating a beneficial effect of PEAK use in S-ICD implantation procedures.

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