Impact of Median Sternotomy on Safety and Efficacy of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.
Alan M SugrueRand IbrahimMarvin Louis Roy LuNeal K BhatiaLaith AlkukhunJoseph AdewumiRobert D SchallerFrancis E MarchlinskiBenjamin D'SouzaBabak NazerWendy S TzouFaisal M MerchantDavid S FrankelPublished in: Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology (2023)
Sternotomy before or after S-ICD does not confer additional risk relative to a historical control group without sternotomy.