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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Care with Single Coil AICD leadsShow More
Dear Editor,
Adamson and Nelson-Piercy give a thorough overview of arrhythmias in pregnancy1. However they mention that the presence of an automated implantable cardio-defibrillator (AICD) poses no risk to the fetus as, even after device therapy, ‘the electrical field to which the fetus is exposed is minimal’.
We recently cared for a 23 year old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had an AICD...
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