Inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator discharge from sensing of external alternating current leak

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-184

  Garg, Ashok ^a   Wadhwa, Manish ^a   Brown, Keith ^a   Luckett, Cathy ^a   Vaughn, Tim ^a   Birgersdotter Green, Ulrika ^a,b   Feld, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating current; Electromagnetic interference; Implantable defibrillator; Sensing; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH;

CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036817791     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020846007149     Document Type: Article

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