title: A case of exhaustion of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies due to inappropriate programming.
abstract: Strategically chosen tachycardia detection and therapy options targeting non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) can efficiently reduce the morbidity related to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman with ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent ICD implantation due to frequent episodes of non-sustained VT. In this case, the inappropriate setting for VF detection in addition to the limited flexibility in device programming for tachycardia confirmation led to the rapid exhaustion of all available shock therapies.
authors.affiliation: Third University Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. fragakis.nikos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nikolaos K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Fragakis
authors.forename: Antonios P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
authors.forename: Paraschos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geleris
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*