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Adverse Interaction Between a Left Ventricular Assist Device and an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Author(s) -
MATTHEWS JENNIFER COWGER,
BETLEY DAPHNE,
MORADY FRED,
PELOSI FRANK
Publication year - 2007
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.1540-8167.2007.00805.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , cardiology , ventricular assist device , ventricular function , heart failure , ventricular fibrillation , ventricular tachycardia , refractory (planetary science) , physics , astrobiology
An increasing number of patients have a coexisting implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to treat ventricular arrhythmias and refractory heart failure, respectively. To date, there have been no published reports of negative interactions between these devices that have impacted appropriate ICD or LVAD function. In this case report, we describe a patient with an LVAD‐ICD interaction that necessitated replacement of the implantable defibrillator.