Decision Making for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation

Decision Making for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation: Is There a Role for Neurohumoral Imaging?

Implantation of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) was introduced to reduce acute transvenous leadrelated complications, such as pneumothorax, endocarditis, cardiac perforation, and lead dislodgements, as well as the complications related to chronic indwelling leads, such as lead failure, venous obstruction, and bacteremia. The standard implantation technique of the S-ICD involves ...

Thoracoscopic implantation of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

(Chest 1993; 103:271-72) T he implantable cardioverter defibrillator (lCD) has become accepted treatment for the management of certain malignant ventricular arrhythmias. ‘ Implantation ofthe lCD usually requires an anterolateral thoracotomy through which the patch electrodes and sensing electrodes are placed, in either an intraor an extrapericardial position, although subcostal and subxiphoid a...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in a patient with dextrocardia situs inversus

Background: Dextrocardia is a congenital anomaly, which may have coexistent coronary artery disease (CAD), arrhythmias and conventional indications for device therapy. However, the implantation of transvenous leads can be technically challenging and the approach needs to be tailored to the patient's individual anatomy. Case presentation: A 54-year-old male with dextrocardia situs inversus and i...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator registry risk score models for acute procedural complications or death after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation are at risk of postprocedural complications. However, we do not have a risk stratification schema to identify patients at high and low risk of adverse events. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed data from 268 701 ICD implants submitted to the ICD Registry and developed logistic regression models to identify v...