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Near Fatal Arrhythmia Induction by An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Author(s) -
WOLLMANN CHRISTIAN G.,
GÖTTKER ULRICH,
BÖCKER DIRK,
GRADAUS RAINER
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00532.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , sudden cardiac death , shock (circulatory) , mechanism (biology) , cardiac arrhythmia , ventricular tachycardia , sudden death , atrial fibrillation , philosophy , epistemology
Sudden death among implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients is well known. The underlying mechanism remains unclear in most cases. One possible mechanism is an accidentally induced arrhythmia by the ICD itself. This report describes for the first time a case of a life‐threatening ventricular arrhythmia induced by a specific algorithm for ventricular arrhythmia reconfirmation before shock delivery in a fourth‐generation ICD.