Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 978-983, July 2009

Transiliac ICD implantation: Defibrillation vector flexibility produces consistent success

  • Chi Keong Ching, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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  • Claude S. Elayi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Luigi Di Biase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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  • Conor D. Barrett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • David O. Martin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Walid I. Saliba, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Oussama Wazni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Mohamed Kanj, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • David J. Burkhardt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Robert A. Schweikert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Bruce L. Wilkoff, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue J2-2, Cleveland, Ohio 44195

Received 10 January 2009; accepted 18 March 2009. published online 23 March 2009.

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 Bruce L. Wilkoff reports grant/research support from Guidant, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical. He is Consultant for Guidant, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Spectranetics and Cook Vascular. David O. Martin, speaker for St. Jude Medical, member advisory board for Medtronic, consultant for Boston Scientific. Oussama M. Wazni, speaker/consultant for Boston Scientific, Spectranetics, St Jude Medical. J. David Burkhardt, speaker for St Jude Medical, Biosense Webster and chief medical officer for Stereotaxis. Robert A. Schweikert, consultant for Biosense Webster, speaker for Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, Biosense Webster and Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Walid I, Saliba, speaker for Biosense Webster, Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St Jude Medical. The other authors have no disclosures or conflict of interest.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00331-2

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.031

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 978-983, July 2009

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