Evolution of implantation technique and indications for a subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator: over 7 years of experience in Poland

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland.
• ² Cardiology Department with the Acute Coronary Syndromes Subdivision, Clinical Provincial Hospital No 2, Rzeszów, Poland.
• ³ Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland. budrejko@gumed.edu.pl.
• ⁵ Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• ⁶ Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland.
• ⁷ 3rd Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
• ⁸ 2nd Department of Arrhythmia, National Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland.
• ⁹ 1st Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Silesian Centre of Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
• ¹⁰ 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
• ¹¹ Department of Cardiology, Centre for Heart Diseases, 4th Military Hospital, Wrocław, Poland.
• ¹² 1st Department of Cardiology, Chair of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
• ¹³ Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.
• ¹⁴ Chair and Department of Cardiology Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
• ¹⁵ Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine, Warszawa, Poland.
• ¹⁶ 1st Department of Arrhythmia, National Institute of Cardiology, Warszawa, Poland.
• ¹⁷ Department of Electrocardiology, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland.
• ¹⁸ 1st Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.