Ultrasound-guided intermuscular pocket creation for a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Yusuke Sonoda; Koji Fukuzawa; Yu Izawa; Jun Sakai; Ken-Ichi Hirata

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.11.014

Ultrasound-guided intermuscular pocket creation for a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2021 Nov 18;8(2):137-141. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.11.014. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Yusuke Sonoda¹, Koji Fukuzawa^{1

2}, Yu Izawa¹, Jun Sakai¹, Ken-Ichi Hirata^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
² Section of Arrhythmia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cosmetic; Defibrillation threshold; Intermuscular implantation; Latissimus dorsi muscle; Pocket; Serratus anterior muscle; Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death; Ultrasound; Ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports