title: Utility of transtelephonic ECG monitoring in evaluating discharges from a third-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hamer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wharton
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013686:Telemetry