title: Remotely monitored death of a patient with implanted ICD.
abstract: Remote monitoring is useful for management of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients regarding detection of arrhythmias and probable device or lead failure. We report the case of a patient who died suddenly while being on remote monitoring. The ICD was not retrieved postmortem. Even though clinical circumstances were suspicious of an arrhythmic death, this was excluded due to a distinctive manufacturer feature of the system.
authors: Department of Cardiology, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. bschaer@uhbs.ch
authors: Beat
authors: B
authors: Schaer
authors: Mischa
authors: M
authors: Kühne
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Osswald
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Sticherling
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*