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Cardioversion after Spontaneously Terminated Ventricular Tachycardia: What Is the Mechanism?
Author(s) -
SCHWEITZER PAUL,
HOFFMAN DARRYL
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.tb00284.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardioversion , ventricular tachycardia , shock (circulatory) , cardiology , tachycardia , electrical cardioversion , mechanism (biology) , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation , philosophy , epistemology
We report on an 84‐year‐old patient with an ICD who received a shock after a spontaneously terminated nonsustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia. We discuss the possible mechanisms of cardioversion after conversion of ventricular tachycardia and interventions that may prevent this type of inappropriate shock.