Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and sternal wires: a cautionary tale

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Oct;7(5):986-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001139.

¹ From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (J.W.), Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (A.K.), and Cardiology (D-I.S.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Bioengineering Department, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London, London, United Kingdom (S.O'C.). Wintergina@web.de.
² From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (J.W.), Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (A.K.), and Cardiology (D-I.S.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Bioengineering Department, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London, London, United Kingdom (S.O'C.).

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Keywords: complications; defibrillation, electric; shock.

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