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Transient under‐sensing of the ventricular lead during abdominal ultrasound as cause of ventricular fibrillation
Author(s) -
Frontera Antonio,
Klotz Nicolas,
Martin Ruairidh,
Haïssaguerre Michel,
Ritter Philippe,
Bordachar Pierre
Publication year - 2018
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/pace.13362
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , complication , lead (geology) , transient (computer programming) , ventricular tachycardia , ultrasound , radiology , geomorphology , computer science , geology , operating system
Abstract Pacemaker‐induced arrhythmias represent a very rare complication. Algorithm‐induced ventricular tachycardias have been described but this report is the first to describe a ventricular fibrillation caused by transient undersensing of the ventricular lead during an abdominal ultrasound.