Inappropriate ICD Shocks - When Monitoring Zones Do More Than Monitor
- Evertz, Reinder
- Trucco, Emilce
- Tolosana, Jose Maria
- Arbelo, Elena
Publication date
October 2013
DOI Publisher
Indian Heart Rhythm Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.Abstract
AbstractThe ventricular tachycardia (VT) monitoring zone in implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) is usually programmed to detect slow VTs. However, it is not well known whether programming this zone can affect the ICD arrhythmia redetection or confirmation criteria. We report two cases of inappropriate ICD shocks due to the programming of a slow VT monitoring zone in the same device model
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