Shoulder Joint Dislocation as an Unusual Complication of Defibrillation Threshold Testing Following Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation

A 53-year-old man underwent implantation of a totally subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; Boston Scientific). He was positioned supine, with the left arm abducted, externally rotated (i.e. palm up) and strapped to the arm extender. The generator was placed in the left mid-axillary line along the 5th-6th interc...

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Main Authors: Amit Noheria, MBBS, SM, Yong-Mei Cha, MD, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, Paul A. Friedman, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S097262921630818X