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A New Single Chamber Implantable Defibrillator with Atrial Sensing: A Practical Demonstration of Sensing and Ease of Implantation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Implantation of a fully subcutaneous ICD in children
Karen A McLeod1, Andrew McLean
1Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, United Kingdom. karen.mcleod@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Abstract:
The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) from Cameron Health (San Clemente, CA, USA) does not require a lead to be placed on or in the heart. Such a device, being subcutaneous, has potential benefits in children who require ICDs where problems largely relate to transvenous or epicardial leads and inappropriate shocks. The S-ICD was approved for use in Europe in June 2009 and recently a study commenced to acquire data in 330 patients in order to submit to the FDA. We shall describe the implantation of the S-ICD in two children aged 10 and 12 years at our institution.
