Aborted implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock during facial electrosurgery.
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.
Casavant
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Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Haffajee
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Stevens
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Pacetti
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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