Implantation of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the heart transplant candidate.
Because the major cause of death in patients awaiting heart transplantation results from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest, the use of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator has been proposed as a bridge to transplantation. To provide a safe and simple implantation procedure that also easily allows access to cardiopulmonary bypass at the time of transplantation, a modified subxiphoid approach is reported.
Emery
R W
RW
Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minn.
Almquist
A K
AK
Von Rueden
T J
TJ
Pritzker
M R
MR
Arom
K V
KV
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000517:prevention & control; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods