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Ventricular tachycardia initiated by high energy cardioversion in a patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chinushi, Masaomi Aizawa, Yoshifusa Higuchi, Koji |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | A transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted into a 58 year old woman with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy who had drug refractory monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). Antitachycardia pacing failed to terminate the VT; termination was attempted at 24 J, which was above the defibrillation threshold. When cardioversion at 24 J was delivered, VT with a different morphology and slower rate was reproducibly initiated. At 3 J, however, the original VT was successfully terminated without initiation of the slower VT. A new VT may be induced by high energy cardioversion. This may be a manifestation of the proarrhythmic potential of ICDs. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 2 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/77/4/373.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 9155621v1 |
| Volume Number | 77 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Heart |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Atrio-Biventricular Pacing Attempt Cardiomyopathies Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Defibrillation Threshold Defibrillators Electric Countershock Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement Implantable defibrillator Implants Infusion Pumps, Implantable Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding Patients Tachycardia, Ventricular defibrillator/cardioverters |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
