Implantation of a defibrillator in a pregnant woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy under echocardiographic guidance: a case report

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 20:179:323-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.091. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Authors

Skevos Sideris¹, Alexandros Kasiakogias², Constantina Aggeli³, Kostas Manakos², George Trantalis², Konstantinos Gatzoulis³, Dimitrios Tousoulis³, Ioannis Kallikazaros²

Affiliations

¹ State Cardiology Division, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
² State Cardiology Division, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
³ First Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Hippokation Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 25464476
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.091

No abstract available

Keywords: Electronic device; Pregnancy; Ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Echocardiography*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Interventional*