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Alternating Current Electrocution Detection and Termination by an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Author(s) -
MEHDIRAD ALI,
LOVE CHARLES,
NELSON STEVEN,
SCHAAL STEPHEN,
COLLINS JANET,
HUFFMAN KATHY
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03584.x
Subject(s) - electrocution , medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , shock (circulatory) , defibrillation , electric shock , current (fluid) , medical emergency , electrical engineering , engineering
A patient with an ICD accidentally grasped a power line and was electrocuted. He was unable to release the cable during electrocution though he remained conscious. After receiving a shock from his ICD. the powerline was released. ICD interrogation revealed inappropriate detection of alternating current and delivery of a shock.