Subcutaneous implantable defibrillator

Last revised by Jeremy Jones on 16 Sep 2023

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Citation:

Bickle I, Jones J, Bell D, Subcutaneous implantable defibrillator. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Nov 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-146949

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-146949

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/146949

rID:

146949

Article created:

6 Jun 2022, Ian Bickle ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Ian Bickle had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

16 Sep 2023, Jeremy Jones ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Jeremy Jones had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Cardiac

Tags:

stub, reference needed, cases3

Synonyms:

SICD (cardiac device)

A subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (SICD) is a medical device implanted, typically in the chest wall, It delivers an electric impulse to the heart like a standard cardiac defibrillator (AICD) without leads being inserted into the myocardium.