Trappe, H J; Pfitzner, P; Heintze, J; Kielblock, B; Wenzlaff, P; Fieguth, H G; Demertzis, S; Lichtlen, P R; Panning, B; Piepenbrock, S (1995). Cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in the catheterization laboratory: initial experiences in 48 patients. American Heart Journal, 2(129), pp. 259-64. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90006-3
Full text not available from this repository.The exponential increase in cardioverter-defibrillator implantations has resulted in a need for safe implantations that do not require long waiting periods. We report intraoperative and follow-up results in 48 patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias who underwent cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in the catheterization laboratory. Twenty-six (54%) patients had their first cardioverter-defibrillator implant (group 1), and 22 (46%) patients underwent pulse-generator replacement (group 2). In all patients, cardioverter-defibrillator implant or pulse-generator replacement was performed with the patient under general anesthesia. In 25 (96%) of 26 patients in group 1, cardioverter-defibrillator implantation was possible with a mean defibrillation threshold of 13 +/- 8 J. One patient had a defibrillation threshold of > 25 J, and therefore cardioverter-defibrillator implant was not achieved. This patient underwent epicardial device implantation 1 day later. Another patient in group 1 had vessel rupture (vena subclavia) intraoperatively. During a mean follow-up of 2 +/- 1 months, two patients died from congestive heart failure 2 and 4 months after device implantation. An infection occurred in one patient in group 2, 3 months after generator replacement. In conclusion, these data show that in the majority of patients cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in the catheterization laboratory is safe and has a low complication rate and therefore can generally be recommended.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Faculty Institutions > Teaching Staff, Faculty of Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Demertzis, Stefanos |
ISSN: |
0002-8703 |
ISBN: |
7832097 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:08 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:20 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/0002-8703(95)90006-3 |
PubMed ID: |
7832097 |
Web of Science ID: |
A1995QE51800007 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/29689 (FactScience: 157846) |
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