Tumescent local anesthesia for subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: An alternative for general anesthesia

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2021 Feb 3;7(5):286-291. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.01.017. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Jorge Romero¹, Juan Carlos Diaz¹, Isabella Alviz¹, David Briceno¹, Xiaodong Zhang¹, Eugen Palma¹, Elizabeth Vue¹, Juan Bello¹, Andrea Natale^{1

2}, Luigi Di Biase^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
² Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.

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Keywords: Anesthesia; General anesthesia; Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Tumescent local anesthesia; Tumescent technique.

Publication types

Case Reports