Modified magnet test for a reversed automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
We present the case of a 55-year-old man with atrial septal defect and cardiomyopathy who underwent implantation of an automatic cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) for ventricular tachycardia resulting in collapse. This case demonstrates multiple unusual complications related to AICD, including rotation of the pulse generator unit about its long axis requiring a "left-handed" magnet test to determine the appropriate counts.
Gering
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Cardiac Unit, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Ruskin
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Garan
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012399:Rotation; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy