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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
Completely epicardial implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator using a minimal invasive
Christoph Thomas Starck1, Kurt Mayer2, David Hürlimann3
1Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|December 11, 2012
Abstract:
We report the case of a successful completely epicardial implantation of a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator using a minimal invasive approach in a 55-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and a history of three cardiac surgical procedures of the aortic root, the ascending aorta and the aortic arch. Due to a chronic Q fever the patient was regarded unsuitable for a transvenous implantation.

