A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?

Emergency department admissions due to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks constitute an important patient group. The correct evaluation includes a review of system integrity and a careful analysis of stored intracardiac electrograms. We present a patient admitted with a single ICD d...

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Main Authors: Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MD, Miguel A. Arias, MD, PhD, Finn Akerstrom, MBChB, Marta Pachon, MD, Alberto Puchol, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216305459
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spelling doaj-563f8d2bf5644d2f818b7159bfc579892020-11-24T21:25:50ZengElsevierIndian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal0972-62922012-09-0112522622810.1016/S0972-6292(16)30545-9A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MDMiguel A. Arias, MD, PhDFinn Akerstrom, MBChBMarta Pachon, MDAlberto Puchol, MDEmergency department admissions due to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks constitute an important patient group. The correct evaluation includes a review of system integrity and a careful analysis of stored intracardiac electrograms. We present a patient admitted with a single ICD discharge due to an episode of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, and an unexpected finding.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216305459Cardioverter-defibrillatorshockevaluation
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author Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MD
Miguel A. Arias, MD, PhD
Finn Akerstrom, MBChB
Marta Pachon, MD
Alberto Puchol, MD
spellingShingle Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MD
Miguel A. Arias, MD, PhD
Finn Akerstrom, MBChB
Marta Pachon, MD
Alberto Puchol, MD
A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Cardioverter-defibrillator
shock
evaluation
author_facet Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MD
Miguel A. Arias, MD, PhD
Finn Akerstrom, MBChB
Marta Pachon, MD
Alberto Puchol, MD
author_sort Jesus Jimenez-Lopez, MD
title A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
title_short A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
title_full A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
title_fullStr A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
title_full_unstemmed A Single Shock During An Episode Of Ventricular Tachycardia: Is The Device Working Properly?
title_sort single shock during an episode of ventricular tachycardia: is the device working properly?
publisher Elsevier
series Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
issn 0972-6292
publishDate 2012-09-01
description Emergency department admissions due to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks constitute an important patient group. The correct evaluation includes a review of system integrity and a careful analysis of stored intracardiac electrograms. We present a patient admitted with a single ICD discharge due to an episode of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, and an unexpected finding.
topic Cardioverter-defibrillator
shock
evaluation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216305459
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