title: Tachycardia induction due to inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: what is the mechanism?
abstract: Antitachycardia therapies administered by implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can occasionally prove proarrhythmic due to induction of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. In this report we present the case of a tachycardia induction as a result of inappropriate therapy delivery in an ICD recipient. Detailed analysis of the stored electrograms facilitated the delineation of the underlying mechanism of the recorded tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece. stzeis@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzeis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andrikopoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rassias
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Theodorakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology