1.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
; 21(6): 1329-30, 1998 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9633083
ABSTRACT
A 57-year-old man suffered multiple inappropriate shocks from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator that could not be inactivated because the magnet switch feature was deactivated. Attempts to interrogate the defibrillator caused shocks to be delivered. Emergent explantation was performed and a loose sensing lead was discovered. Sensing and defibrillation leads functioned normally, and testing of the explanted generator demonstrated no abnormalities. A new generator was put in place and the patient has been without shocks for 6 months. This case illustrates the need for robust methods of attenuating electromagnetic interference and the importance of multiple methods of device inactivation.
Subject(s)
Defibrillators, Implantable , Electromagnetic Phenomena , Equipment Failure , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tachycardia, Ventricular/therapy , Telemetry
2.
N Engl J Med
; 335(8): 594-5; author reply 596, 1996 Aug 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8684412