Spurious detection of ventricular fibrillation by a transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
This case describes another example of inappropriate implantable defibrillator shock. We also show that this phenomenon resulted from electromagnetic current traveling down a coronary wire during coronary angioplasty.
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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.
Chandler
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Schoenfeld
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Marieb
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D016477:Artifacts; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004562:Electrocardiography; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy