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Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Woman Guided with Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
ABELLO MAURICIO,
PEINADO RAFAEL,
MERINO JOSÉ LUIS,
GNOATTO MARIANA,
MATEOS MARTA,
SILVESTRE JORGE,
DOMINGUEZ JOSÉ LUIS
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00293.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , fetal echocardiography , pregnancy , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , biology , genetics
This report describes a 28‐year‐old pregnant woman with mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death due to a ventricular fibrillation who underwent an ICD implantation guided by tranesophageal echocardiography. (PACE 2003; 26:1913–1914)