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Simple approach for extrapericardial placement of defibrillator patches via median sternotomy
E E Vyhmeister1, A J Razzouk, G S Van Arsdell
1Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University, CA 92354.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
The intrapericardial placement of implantable cardioverter defibrillator patches has been associated with a variety of complications due to the patch-epicardial interface. Extrapericardial placement of defibrillator patches minimizes these problems. We describe a simple and reproducible technique to achieve this goal whenever a median sternotomy approach is used.