An unusual mechanism causing inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks: Transient reduction in R-wave amplitude

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 694-696

  Baranchuk, Adrian ^a,b   Ribas, Sebastian ^a   Divakaramenon, Syamkumar ^a   Morillo, Carlos A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ICD inappropriate shocks; Transient reduction in R wave amplitude

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SHOCK; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

AGED; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34547951714     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum056     Document Type: Article

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