| Autor: |
Camanho LE; Hospital São José do Avaí Itaperuna, RJ. luizemc@cardiol.br, Silva AC, Teixeira MA, Oliveira Junior LA, Saad EB, Maia Mda C |
| Jazyk: |
English; Portuguese |
| Zdroj: |
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia [Arq Bras Cardiol] 2012 Jun; Vol. 98 (6), pp. e98-e101. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0066-782x2012000600017 |
| Abstrakt: |
The evaluation of the defibrillation threshold (DFT) during the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is an important stage of the procedure, as a high DFT can be found in up to 16% of patients. We report a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) submitted to a biventricular ICD implantation. During the procedure, the patient showed a high DFT and showed to be resistant to usual therapeutic modalities. We opted for the azygos vein defibrillation lead implantation, with good resolution. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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