title: Strategy to eliminate inappropriate shocks secondary to T-wave oversensing in a biventricular ICD.
abstract: T-wave oversensing represents a common cause of inappropriate shocks in patients with implanted cardiac defibrillators. This case report demonstrates a strategy of device programming using V-V pace delay (sequential rather than simultaneous biventricular pacing) to eliminate T-wave oversensing without decreasing sensitivity to detect true tachyarrhythmia.
authors.affiliation: Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Roy M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans