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Single-incision and single-element array electrode to lower the defibrillation threshold.

V Kühlkamp·K Khalighi·V Dörnberger·G Ziemer
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Occasional patients have excessive defibrillation energy requirements despite appropriate transvenous defibrillation lead position and the use of biphasic shocks. A single-element subcutaneous array electrode was implanted in 2 patients with a high defibrillation threshold. The array electrode was implanted through the same infraclavicular incision that was used for implantation of the transvenous lead. The defibrillation threshold decreased from 30 J to 15 J and from 24 J to 9 J with the subcutaneous array electrode.

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V Kühlkamp, K Khalighi, V Dörnberger, G Ziemer. 1997. Single-incision and single-element array electrode to lower the defibrillation threshold.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(97)00811-4

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