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Inappropriate Shock Therapy for Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in a Dual Chamber Pacemaker Defibrillator
Author(s) -
MANN DAVID E.,
KELLY PATRICIA A.,
REITER MICHAEL J.
Publication year - 1998
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.1540-8159.1998.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , shock (circulatory) , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , anesthesia
We report a patient who Received a CPI Ventak AV II DR ICD for ventricular tachycardia and complete heart block without an escape rhythm. During induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, the device, although programmed to deliver noncommitted shocks, acted like a committed device. This phenomenon is due to undocumented behavior that is likely to occur in any patient who is pacemaker dependent and has nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.