Abdominal Emergency After Subcutaneous ICD Implantation

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  Figure 1. Postprocedural Chest X-Ray The antero-posterior projection chest x-ray obtained the morning following device implantation demonstrating the presence of subdiaphragmatic air. The subcutaneous pacemaker is visualized on the left side.

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  Figure 2. Postprocedural Upright Abdominal X-Ray The upright abdominal x-ray obtained verifying the presence of subdiaphragmatic air. The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead can be observed traversing an area with colonic bowel gas patterns.

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  Figure 3. Postprocedural Abdomen Computed Tomography Abdomen and pelvis computed tomography revealed the course of the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator transecting the left distal transverse colon before re-entering the inferior anterior thorax.