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Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in a Patient with Pectus Excavatum
Author(s) -
HAMOUD AHMED,
BARRY JAMES
Publication year - 2013
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.1540-8159.2012.03413.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pectus excavatum , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , sudden cardiac death , complication , cardiology , sudden death , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery
Sudden cardiac arrest in young healthy adults has concerned the medical and social communities due to its fatal effect. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has been demonstrated to be an effective measure for prevention of sudden death in patients at risk of ventricular arrhythmia. Subcutaneous ICD has been developed to overcome some problems associated with transvenous leads in the conventional ICD. In this case report, we describe the use of completely subcutaneous ICD for a young patient with pectus excavatum following presentation with out‐of‐hospital VF arrest with no complication in device or lead positioning. (PACE 2013; 36:e138–e139)