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Excessive Charge Time Delaying Ventricular Tachycardia Therapy
Author(s) -
PANCHAL VIPUL R.,
GROH WILLIAM J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.01078.x
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , tachycardia , atrial flutter , fibrillation , sustained ventricular tachycardia , atrial fibrillation
ICD Hardware Malfunction. A 70‐year‐old man with a single‐chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed for ventricular tachycardia presented with syncope. He was found to have ventricular flutter/fibrillation with capacitor charge time in excess of 1 minute before defibrillation. The excessive charge time was secondary to ICD capacitor malfunction. The generator was explanted and replaced, and the patient recovered uneventfully.