title: Spontaneous echo contrast following delivery of a shock from a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Rigden
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Segar
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Mitrani
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Zipes
mesh_terms: 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