Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator discharges unrelated to supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 863-869

  Occhetta, Eraldo ^a   Bortnik, Miriam ^a   Magnani, Andrea ^a   Francalacci, Gabriella ^a   Marino, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Inappropriate therapies; Oversensing; Troubleshooting

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMPEDANCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; TELEMETRY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 33749665771     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul093     Document Type: Article

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