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Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillator and Pacemaker Using the Same Pectoral Quadrant
Author(s) -
STRASBERG BORIS,
ERDMAN SHIMSHON,
KUSNIEC JAIRO,
MAZUR ALEXANDER
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8159.1997.tb05473.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cephalic vein , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , pectoral muscle , cardiology , tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , subclavian vein , quadrant (abdomen) , pectoralis major muscle , surgery , vein , catheter
We implanted a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) together with a pacemaker system in three patients with ventricular tachycardia and bradyarrhythmias. Both systems (ICD and pacemaker) were implanted in the same left pectoral quadrant using a single skin incision and the subclavian and/or the cephalic vein. The ICD was implanted deep to the pectoralis major muscle, the pacemaker was placed subcutaneously in a more medial pocket. There were no technical difficulties during implantation or complications during follow‐up.