Open AccessWhat is the Diagnosis?
Author(s) -
José Mário Baggio,
Joubert Ariel Pereira Mosquéra,
Ewandro Luiz Rey Moura,
Luis Gustavo Ferreira Gomes,
Wagner Luis Gali,
Álvaro Valentim Lima Sarabanda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cardiac arrhythmias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2674-7472
pISSN - 2674-7081
DOI - 10.24207/jca.v32i2.990_in
Subject(s) - ventricle , medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , ventricular tachycardia , cardiomyopathy , telemetry , tachycardia , heart failure , computer science , telecommunications
Patient OG, 62 years, with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in the right ventricle and low-tolerated sustained tachycardia, user of an implantable ventricular single-chamber cardiovascular defibrillator (ICD), returned asymptomatic for routine evaluation. Th ere was no registry of sustained arrhythmia, and the limits of stimulation and sensitivity were checked and were appropriate. However, facing the device’s telemetry, it was detected lack of sensitivity in a ventricular extra-systole.