Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing

Marloes Gelissen; Luuk Debie; Jurren van Opstal

doi:10.1093/europace/euq178

Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing

Europace. 2010 Nov;12(11):1648. doi: 10.1093/europace/euq178. Epub 2010 Jun 12.

Authors

Marloes Gelissen¹, Luuk Debie, Jurren van Opstal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands. marloes.gelissen@mumc.nl

PMID: 20543194
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq178

Abstract

Oversensing of external electrical signals can cause inappropriate therapy in cardiac rhythm management devices. In this report, a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is presented, who received inappropriate shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing after cardiothoracic surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electrocardiography
Equipment Failure*
Female
Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
Heart Rate / physiology
Humans
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
Stroke Volume / physiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology