• Europace · Dec 2009

    Case Reports

    A life-threatening arrhythmia induced by inappropriate activation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

    • Ehud Kadmon, Jairo Kusniec, and Boris Strasberg.
    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital-Petah Tikva, affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 39 Jabotinski Street, Petah Tikva, Israel.
    • Europace. 2009 Dec 1; 11 (12): 1716-8.

    AbstractWe describe an unusual case of near fatal inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies due to atrial oversensing by a newly implanted ventricular lead. Chest X-ray revealed dislodgement of the active fixation lead to the tricuspid annulus area explaining the atrial oversensing and intermittent ventricular therapies.

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