Cardioversion after spontaneously terminated ventricular tachycardia: what is the mechanism?
We report on an 84-year-old patient with an ICD who received a shock after a spontaneously terminated nonsustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia. We discuss the possible mechanisms of cardioversion after conversion of ventricular tachycardia and interventions that may prevent this type of inappropriate shock.
Schweitzer
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Heart Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Hoffman
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004566:Electrodes; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*