title: [About an implantable cardioverter-fibrillator].
abstract: A 61-year-old man has been implanted with a Ventritex Profile MD V-186 HV3 ICD for ischemic cardiomyopathy with sustained inducible VT. Three years later, this patient received several inappropriate shocks during the device's interrogation. These shocks provoked ventricular fibrillation. They were caused by a failing soldering between the system random accessory memory (SRAM) module and the hybrid circuit of the device. The device was explanted in emergency.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France. Marie-Pierre.Douchet@chru-strasbourg.fr
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Douchet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bakouboula
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bronner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chauvin
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome