Utility of transtelephonic ECG monitoring in evaluating discharges from a third-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
The authors report the case of a 60-year-old man with a third-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator whose rate-sensing lead malfunction was diagnosed only after surface loop electrocardiographic (ECG) monitor recording. The stored R-R intervals suggested an irregular ventricular rhythm, but the loop ECG monitor demonstrated inappropriate shocks delivered during sinus rhythm.
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Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
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D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013686:Telemetry