First case of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator extrusion

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Aug 1:192:19-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.280. Epub 2015 May 1.

Authors

Giuseppe Santarpia¹, Alberto Polimeni¹, Salvatore De Rosa¹, Jolanda Sabatino¹, Antonio Curcio¹, Ciro Indolfi²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy; URT-CNR, Department of Medicine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: indolfi@unicz.it.

PMID: 25981576
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.280

No abstract available

Keywords: Extrusion; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Infection; S-ICD.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Equipment Failure*
Female
Humans
Methicillin Resistance
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
Staphylococcus epidermidis / pathogenicity