title: ED evaluation and management of implantable cardiac defibrillator electrical shocks.
abstract: Patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators not infrequently present to the emergency department after experiencing an implantable cardiac defibrillator shock. This review considers the management of such patients in the emergency department, including appropriate, inappropriate, and phantom shocks as well as electrical storm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
authors.forename: Saher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iftikhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mattu
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Electronic address: wb4z@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans