title: Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks due to temporary epicardial pacing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands. marloes.gelissen@mumc.nl
authors.forename: Marloes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelissen
authors.forename: Luuk
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Debie
authors.forename: Jurren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Opstal
mesh_terms: 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