title: Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks.
abstract: We report a rare case of inadvertent reversal of the defibrillator shock coils during generator change which then resulted in both intermittent, recurrent "noise" on both the rate sensing and the shock electrogram leads and multiple inappropriate shocks.
authors.affiliation: Unity Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Vinodh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jeevanantham
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Budzikowski
authors.forename: Abrar H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Daubert
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged