Spontaneous echo contrast following delivery of a shock from a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Spontaneous echo contrast has never been described in association with cardiac defibrillation. In this report, we present a patient who developed dense echo contrast as a result of a shock delivered from a transvenous defibrillator system.
Rigden
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Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis.
Segar
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Miles
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Mitrani
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Klein
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Zipes
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D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology