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Placement of a Defibrillation Lead in the Left Subclavian Vein from the Right Cephalic Vein
Author(s) -
SHALABY ALAA A.,
DEMERS PAUI A.,
SAGER PHILIP T.,
BERSOHN MALCOLM M.
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.tb00954.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cephalic vein , defibrillation , subclavian vein , lead (geology) , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , defibrillation threshold , implant , cardiology , vein , surgery , catheter , geomorphology , geology
This case report highlights the feasibility and stability of transvenous placement of a second defibrillation lead in the left subclavian vein from a right cephalic vein approach. This was undertaken in a right‐sided implant of an active can cardioverter defibrillator to lower defibrillation thresholds that would have otherwise precluded implant.