Open AccessPost-shock oversensing by a subcutaneous defibrillator resulting in inappropriate withholding of post-shock bradycardia pacing
Author(s) -
Alexander H. Maass,
Isabelle C. Van Gelder
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euu072
Subject(s) - medicine , shock (circulatory) , bradycardia , cardiology , heart rate , blood pressure
A 30-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had received a subcutaneous-only implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) before for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Follow-up had been uneventful until presentation to the emergency room after transient loss of consciousness during a run to the …
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