Clinical use of nonthoracotomy cardioversion-defibrillation system

摘要

Conclusion Nonthoracotomy ICD is possible in a vast majority of patients (91/100) and should be consid- ered in all patients requiring ICD without concomitant surgery. Objective To summarize our experience in 22 Patients who had attempted nonthoracotomy im- plantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) for malignant ventricular arrhythmias (VA). Methods Indications for implantation were ven- tricular fibrillation (VF) in 17 patients and refractory ventricular tachycardia in 5. Thirteen patients of them had underlying ischaemic heart disease. Seven had di- lated cardiomyopathy and tow had arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.