Open AccessExperience with pectoral versus abdominal implantation of a small defibrillator A multicenter comparison in 778 patients
Author(s) -
Eike Hoffmann
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1998.1060
Subject(s) - medicine , pectoral muscle , abdomen , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , surgery , adverse effect , cardiology
The aim of the study was to examine the results of implanting small sized cardioverter defibrillators in the pectoral as opposed to the abdominal area. Hitherto. owing to the large size of the early defibrillators, the site of implantation had been confined to the abdomen.
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