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Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Caused by Electrocautery during Pacemaker Generator Change in a Patient with Normal Left Ventricular Function
Author(s) -
GOEL ANIL K.,
KOROTKIN STEVEN,
WALSH DANIEL,
BESS MARIANNE,
FRAWLEY SUSAN
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8159.2009.02418.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular function , ejection fraction , tachycardia , sustained ventricular tachycardia , anesthesia , heart failure
Pacemaker generator replacement is a simple procedure that is mostly done on outpatient basis. Electrocautery is almost universally used for bleeding control and tissue dissection. Ventricular fibrillation (VF) caused by electrocautery in these procedures is a very uncommon occurrence and an underappreciated possibility with modern day devices. We report a case of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by electrocautery in a patient with normal left ventricular ejection fraction during elective pacemaker generator change.