Cardioverter Discharges Following Sensing of Electrical Artifact Due to Fluid Penetration in the Connector Port |
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| Authors: | CHRISTINE HIEF REA PODCZECK KLAUS FROHNER MICHAEL NURNBERG WILHELM KALTENBRUNNER FRANZ VEIT KONRAD STEINBACH |
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| Affiliation: | From the 3, Medizinische Abteilung mit Kardiologie and Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Arrhythmieforschung, Wilhelminenspital;and;1. Chirurgische Abteilung für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie, Krankenhaus Lainz, Vienna, Austria |
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We report a unique case of fluid penetration, 3 months after implantation, in the connector port of an automatic implantable Cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) with transvenous subcutaneous lead system. The patient had coronary artery disease and recurrent episodes of ventricular fibrillation, the fluid caused electrical signals interpreted as ventricular fibrillation by the device, which triggered shock delivery . |
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