title: Left retropectoral axillary implantation of defibrillators in young women.
abstract: We propose a complete surgical approach by left retropectoral transaxillary implantation with no vein puncture to improve the aesthetic and psychological tolerance of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator and avoid the pneumothorax and the subclavian crush syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, François Rabelais University, and Hospital Trousseau, Tours, France. d.babuty@chu-tours.fr
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Babuty
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clementy
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lallemand
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lemoine
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neville
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans