title: Time shift of marker legend in stored intracardiac events in three patients with the vitality 2 EL DR (model T167) and Prizm 2DR (model 1861) dual-chamber defibrillators.
abstract: With the increase in complexity of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), the reliability of these devices has been put in question in recent years. We report on 3 patients implanted with the Boston Scientific Vitality 2 EL DR (n = 2) and the Prizm 2 DR (n = 1) ICD who exhibited a malfunction in the stored cardiac electrograms from arrhythmic events, manifesting as a time shift in stored markers compared to the stored electrograms.
authors.affiliation: Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA. sabas@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Raveen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bazaz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartzman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male