title: "Pseudo" Faraday cage: a solution for telemetry link interaction between a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
abstract: Patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) may have implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) implanted for sudden cardiac death prevention. This opens the possibility of device-device communication interactions and thus interferences. We present a case of such interaction that led to ICD communication failure following the activation of an LVAD. In this paper, we describe a practical solution to circumvent the communication interference and review the communication links of ICDs and possible mechanisms of ICD-LVAD interactions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. jacobsony@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sony
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Prasad K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: Waqas S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ghumman
authors.forename: Mithilesh K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology; D013686:Telemetry