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Diagnostic Value of a Pacemaker High Rate Episode Counter When Programming the Ventricular Tachycardia Zone of an ICD
Author(s) -
SCHAIN JILL S.,
DEGERATU FLORIN T.,
GREENBERG RICHARD M.
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8159.1999.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , value (mathematics) , statistics , mathematics
A 72‐year‐old man with an ICD and a pacemaker was presented with an episode of sustained VT that accelerated to VF. The ICD failed to detect the event and deliver therapy, despite a VT apparently within the VT detection zone. The ICD detected the event after degeneration to VF and delivered appropriate therapy. The high rate event feature of the pacemaker was useful in determining proper function of the ICD along with optimal programming of VT detection.