Feasibility, safety, and comfort of the '2BB' (2 cm below the bra) position of insertable cardiac monitors in women: the IN-WOMEN-ICM pilot study

Garcia-Fernández, F. Javier; Martín González, Javier; Villagraz Tercedor, Lola; Fernández Palacios, Gonzalo; Cantero, Daniel; Vallés Gras, Ermengol; Trucco, María Emilce

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae080

Feasibility, safety, and comfort of the '2BB' (2 cm below the bra) position of insertable cardiac monitors in women: the IN-WOMEN-ICM pilot study

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Garcia-Fernández FJ, Martín González J, Villagraz Tercedor L, Fernández Palacios G, Cantero D, Vallés E, et al. Feasibility, safety, and comfort of the '2BB' (2 cm below the bra) position of insertable cardiac monitors in women: the IN-WOMEN-ICM pilot study. Europace. 2024 Mar 30;26(4):euae080. DOI: 10.1093/europace/euae080

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The left panel depicts a female thorax in supine position, highlighting the 2 cm below the underwire bra (2BB) inframammary insertion and chest X-ray images of a patient with the device inserted in the proposed position. The middle panel shows boxplots with median, Q1, Q3, Min, and Max values for the R-wave amplitude at insertion, wound follow-up, and end of follow-up (left axis) and the percentage of patients for whom P-waves were visible at standard resolution at insertion, wound follow-up, and end of follow-up (right axis), and an electrocardiogram recorded by a device implanted in the 2BB position. The right panel shows mean scores for each questionnaire item (0 = not at all, 5 = very much).