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: Noheria, Amit, Cha, Yong-Mei, Asirvatham, Samuel J, Friedman, Paul A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Indian Heart Rhythm Society 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286953/