1. Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator: a
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Aldo, Agea, Maria C, Bellino, Domenico, Gianfrancesco, Francesco, Palma, Giuseppe A, Carpagnano, Rita Mr, Torraco, Maria M, Marino, Paola, Persichella, Sebastiano, Zingaro, Fabio, Siena, Roberto, Di Tullio, and Giovanni, Deluca
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Aged, 80 and over ,Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ,Heart Failure ,Male ,Treatment Outcome ,Electric Countershock ,COVID-19 ,Humans ,Pandemics ,Defibrillators, Implantable - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously revolutionized the management of patients who need an implanted cardiac implantable electronic device. We report, for the first time, a successful cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation procedure in an 82-year-old man affected by COVID-19, recent myocardial infarction, second-degree 2:1 atrioventricular block and left bundle branch block.
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- 2022