Can we implant cardioverter defibrillator under minimal sedation?
Author(s) -
Christelle Marquié,
Audrey Duchemin,
Didier Klug,
Nicolas Lamblin,
Frédérique Mizon,
Hélène Cordova,
Marie Boulo,
Dominique Lacroix,
Annie Pol,
Salem Kacet
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eum060
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation threshold , visual analogue scale , sedation , general anaesthesia , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , anesthesia , implant , univariate analysis , surgery , ventricular fibrillation , multivariate analysis , cardiology
Aim In a prospective study, we tested the feasibility of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation under local anaesthesia (LA) with minimal sedation (MS) vs. short general anaesthesia (SGA) for defibrillation test (DT).
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