Significance of intraoperative testing in right-sided implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-287880

Keyser, Andreas ; Hilker, Michael ; Ucer, Ekrem ; Wittmann, Sigrid ; Schmid, Christof ; Diez, Claudius

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) from the left pectoral region is the standard therapeutical method. Increasing numbers of system revisions due to lead dysfunction and infections will consecutively increase the numbers of right-sided implantations. The reliability of devices implanted on the right pectoral side remains controversially discussed, and the ...