Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing.
Oversensing of external electrical signals can cause inappropriate therapy in cardiac rhythm management devices. In this report, a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is presented, who received inappropriate shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing after cardiothoracic surgery.
Gelissen
Marloes
M
Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands. marloes.gelissen@mumc.nl
Debie
Luuk
L
van Opstal
Jurren
J
D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology