title: Aborted implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock during facial electrosurgery.
abstract: A patient with a fourth-generation transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system nearly received an inappropriate defibrillation discharge while undergoing electrofulguration of keratotic facial skin lesions. The incident was confirmed by analyses of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator's time/date stamped event log and stored electrogram record. Therapy was withheld by the noncommitted implantable cardioverter-defibrillator as the pulsed electrocautery was not continued beyond the charging period.
authors.affiliation: Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casavant
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haffajee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pacetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy