The surgical aspects of automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
Since February 1980, the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) has been implanted in over 12,000 patients. This report examines the surgical aspects of AICD implantation. The various surgical techniques, their indications, and our recent clinical experience in over 250 patients are reviewed.
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Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*