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How do you determine which patient may be a good candidate for the Aurora EV-ICD and its smart sense algorithm?

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Cardiology · Uva Health Heart And Vascular Center Fontaine

The Aurora Extra-Vascular ICD (EV-ICD) was approved by the FDA in October 2023. The system consists of a lead that is tunneled beneath the sternum, with the lead tip positioned around the level of the carina, and a generator that is placed in the axillary area. The lead is anchored through a small i...

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Cardiology · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

The EV ICD, similar to the SQ ICD have the distinct advantage of not having indwelling hardware in vasculature or in the heart, an advantage from both an infection standpoint and for younger patients where pacing is not needed and where long term indwelling intravascular and intracardiac hardware ca...

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