Left Retropectoral Axillary Implantation of Defibrillators in Young Women

We propose a complete surgical approach by left retropectoral transaxillary implantation with no vein puncture to improve the aesthetic and psychological tolerance of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator and avoid the pneumothorax and the subclavian crush syndrome.

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 331 - 333
Main Authors Babuty, Dominique, MD, PhD, Mirza, Alain, MD, Clementy, Nicolas, MD, Pierre, Bertrand, MD, Lallemand, Bénédicte, MD, Lemoine, Eric, MD, Neville, Paul, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2012
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Axilla - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control
Defibrillators, Implantable
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases - therapy
Humans
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Surgery
24
Human
Intensive cardiocirculatory care
Left
Instrumentation therapy
Implantation
Anesthesia
Female
Circulatory system
Cardiology
Defibrillation
Woman
Axillary
Defibrillator
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Summary:We propose a complete surgical approach by left retropectoral transaxillary implantation with no vein puncture to improve the aesthetic and psychological tolerance of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator and avoid the pneumothorax and the subclavian crush syndrome.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.045