COMPLICATIONS OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC-DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Authors :: Donita Atkins
Martin Emert
Leslie Spikes
Raghuveer Dendi
Jayasree Pillarisetti
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Hemant Boolani
Vineela Chikkam
Sudharani Bommana
Rhean Linette Pimentel
Loren Berenbom
Timothy Williamson
Sowjanya Duthuluru
Namratha Reddy
Madhu Reddy
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(13)
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2012.
Abstract: Pulmonary hypertension is associated with significant changes in the right heart. The safety of performing Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) implantation in these patients is not well evaluated. We performed a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients who had a clinical diagnosis of

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Clinical diagnosis
Internal medicine
Right heart
medicine
Cardiology
Retrospective analysis
In patient
business
medicine.disease
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonary hypertension

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