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The Surgical Aspects of Automatic Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Implantation
Author(s) -
WATKINS LEVI,
TAYLOR ERIC
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb04140.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , surgery , cardiology
Since February 1980, the automatic implantable ccirdioverter‐defibrillator (AICD) has been implanted in over 12,000 patients. This report examines the surgical aspects of AICD implantation. The various surgical techniques, their indications, and our recent clinical experience in over 250 patients are reviewed