It was reported that the patient had pain at the defibrillator implant site due to venous occlusion, left subclavian vein thrombosis following defibrillation implant.It was noted that the patient had history of dilated cardiomyopathy; ex-smoker, and prior icd implant, thrombophilia was implanted.The patient was hospitalized for few days.Echo showed slow subclavian flow, blood pooling on defibrillator implant site and the ct-scan showed slight blood pooling at defibrillator site.Pocket hematoma was reported.Patient was treated with anticoagulant and the event was resolved.It was noted that the event was related to the implant procedure and was not related to any devices or any device malfunction.
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