Inappropriate shock therapy for nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a dual chamber pacemaker defibrillator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2005-2006

  Mann, David E ^a,b   Kelly, Patricia A ^a   Reiter, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Inappropriate shocks; Pacing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SOFTWARE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031714215     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Ventak AV II DR Physician's System Manual. Guidant Corporation, 1998, pp. 51-52.
2. Grimm W, Menz V, Hoffmann J, et al. Failure of third-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillators to abort shock therapy for nonsustained ventricular tachycardia due to shortcomings of the VF confirmation algorithm. PACE 1998; 21:722-727.