Key result
Minimal touch ICD implantation avoiding sternotomy shows feasibility in 2 cases.
Why the study?
A growing number of patients with contraindications for transvenous ICD implantation or need for pacemaker system upgrade require minimally invasive surgical solutions to avoid sternotomy-related morbidity.
Case Report (n=2)
Minimal invasive surgical approaches for ICD implantation can provide patient safety while avoiding the morbidity of sternotomy in patients with contraindications to transvenous systems.
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May support sternotomy avoidance in select transvenous-ineligible patients; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 evidence and requires prospective validation.
Brigitte Osswald (2006) conducted a case report in Contraindication for transvenous ICD implantation or need for pacemaker system upgrade (n=2). Minimal touch surgical ICD implantation was evaluated. Minimal touch surgical implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation avoiding sternotomy was presented as a feasible configuration solution in 2 cases.
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