Safety and feasibility of implanting a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (TV-ICD) in the left axilla.
Yoshinari EnomotoMahito NoroYasutake ToyodaRina IshiiMasako AsamiTakahito TakagiNaohiko SaharaHikari HashimotoShingo KujimeKeijiro NakamuraHidehiko HaraMasao MoroiKaoru SugiMasato NakamuraPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2021)
TV-ICD implantations in the left axilla were performed safely without increasing the operation time as compared to the conventional ICD implantation site. ICD implantations in the left axilla are an alternative in those not suitable for implanting TV-ICDs in the conventional implantation site.