Unlabelled: Aim In a prospective study, we tested the feasibility of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation under local anaesthesia (LA) with minimal sedation (MS) vs. short general anaesthesia (SGA) for defibrillation test (DT).
Methods And Results: We implanted ICDs in 118 patients between October 2002 and November 2003. Surgery was performed under LA with MS. Depending on the day of admission, patients had DT without SGA with a shock delivered when patient is unconscious (MS group, n = 73) or with short general anaesthesia (SGA group, n = 45). The patients were asked to rate the intensity of pain on a 10-point visual analogue scale (VAS) at the end of the implantation procedure and for the patient of MS group just after DT (VAS-DT). Visual analogue scale was not influenced by the type of anaesthesia (MS vs. SGA). Univariate analysis showed that NYHA >III, 3 leads implanted and an incomplete understanding of the explanation on the procedure were risk factors of VAS >4. Only understanding of the explanation on the procedure has an influence on pain in multivariate analysis.
Conclusion: ICD implantation under MS even for DT is feasible and acceptable for the patient.
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