Use of a wireless implantable cardioverter defibrillator in a patient with a preexisting neurostimulator.
We report the case of a 54-year-old man with a previously implanted neurostimulator who presented with palpitations and was found to have sustained ventricular tachycardia on electrophysiologic study. A Medtronic wireless implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD; Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) with home monitoring (HM) was successfully implanted. Interaction testing during implantation, follow-up, and HM showed that there was no device-device interaction.
Katwal
Arabindra B
AB
Department of Internal Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland-University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29203, USA. arbinkatwal@yahoo.com
McCotter
Craig J
CJ
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*