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Limitations of the Algorithm to Reconfirm Ventricular Fibrillation in a Third‐Generation Implantahle Cardioverter Defibrillator
Author(s) -
MATTKE SÖREN,
KRAMM BERTHOLD
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.tb05507.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , bradycardia , shock (circulatory) , algorithm , interval (graph theory) , fibrillation , atrial fibrillation , heart rate , combinatorics , mathematics , computer science , blood pressure
We report on inadequate shocks delivered by an ICD for VT converting spontaneously to AF with slow ventricular response. This represents a correct behavior of the reconfirmation algorithm, as the detection of intervals longer than the fibrillation detection interval and shorter than the bradycardia escape interval is required to inhibit the shock.