When leads are not an option: Optimizing subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and leadless pacemaker
Lucía Canales Muñoz1, Paula Sánchez-Somonte1, Sergio Castrejon-Castrejon1
1Arrhythmia and Robotic EP Unit, Cardiology Department, IdiPAZ, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Heartrhythm Case Reports
|December 3, 2025
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