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Defibrillator Implantation Via the Iliac Vein
Author(s) -
PINSKI SERGIO L.,
BREDIKIS AUDRIUS J.
Publication year - 2000
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.1540-8159.2000.tb00953.x
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , surgery , heart failure
We describe a 23‐vear‐oId patient with idiopathic diluted cardiomyopathy in whom an implantable cardioverter defibrillator was implanted via the right external iliac vein. Addition of a subcutaneous patch was required to obtain an adequate safety margin for defibrillation.