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Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2018 June;177(6):331-3

DOI: 10.23736/S0393-3660.17.03642-7

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language: English

Working in the mirror: the safety and effectiveness of closure access leading venous advanced gain new ability in a patient with dextrocardia

Giuseppe M. CALVAGNA ¹, Emanuele GRASSEDONIO ² ✉, Patrizia TOIA ², Ludovico LA GRUTTA ², Massimo GALIA ², Tommaso SMERALDI ², Salvatore PATANÈ ¹, Massimo MIDIRI ², Roberto LAGALLA ², Placido ROMEO ³

¹ Cardiologia Ospedale San Vincenzo, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Messina, Taormina, Messina, Italy; ² Department of Radiology, DIBIMED, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ³ Radiologia Ospedale San Vincenzo, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Messina, Taormina, Messina, Italy

The evolution of devices in serious cardiac rhythm pathology management and in other medicine areas and its optimal management have progressively become a worldwide serious challenge. We present an upgrading to dual chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) without complications in a 68 year old woman through closure access leading venous advanced gain new ability, complementing the mechanical multiple venous entry-site approach extraction. This is another of the few cases present in literature about ICD in patients with dextrocardia and it focuses on the safety and effectiveness of our simple technique also in a patient with dextrocardia.

KEY WORDS: Dextrocardia - Arrhythmias, cardiac - Defibrillators