title: Ruptured spleen as a complication of insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
abstract: The authors describe a previously unreported complication of insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator via the left subcostal surgical approach. Splenic hematoma, intraperitoneal hemorrhage and hypotension developed in a 66-year-old man within 5 days of implantation, and the patient underwent splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Guiraudon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed