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- Title
Inappropriate Shock Therapy for Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in a Dual Chamber Pacemaker Defibrillator.
- Authors
Mann, David E.; Kelly, Patricia A.; Reitter, Michael J.
- Abstract
We report a patient who received a CPI Ventak AV II DR ICD for ventricular tachycardia and complete heart block without an escape rhythm. During induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, the device, although programmed to deliver noncommitted shocks, acted like a committed device. This phenomenon is due to undocumented behavior that is likely to occur in any patient who is pacemaker dependent and has nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
- Subjects
SHOCK therapy; VENTRICULAR tachycardia; HEART block; HEART diseases; CARDIAC pacemakers; IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators; IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments; ELECTRONICS in cardiology
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 1998, Vol 21, Issue 10, p2005
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00024.x