title: Inappropriate shock therapy for nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a dual chamber pacemaker defibrillator.
abstract: We report a patient who received a CPI Ventak AV II DR ICD for ventricular tachycardia and complete heart block without an escape rhythm. During induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, the device, although programmed to deliver noncommitted shocks, acted like a committed device. This phenomenon is due to undocumented behavior that is likely to occur in any patient who is pacemaker dependent and has nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. David.Mann@UCHSC.edu
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012984:Software; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*