Pacing and clinical electrophysiology, 1998-10, Vol.21 (10), p.2010-2011
1998
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Inappropriate Shocks Delivered by an ICD as a Result of Sensed Potentials from a Transcutaneous Electronic Nerve Stimulation Unit
- Ist Teil von
- Pacing and clinical electrophysiology, 1998-10, Vol.21 (10), p.2010-2011
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 1998
- Quelle
- Wiley-Blackwell Journals
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Although the potential for transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulation (TENS) units to interfere with appropriate function of cardiac pacemakers is well documented, an adverse interaction between a TENS unit and an ICD has never been reported. We describe a patient in whom a TENS unit created an electrical artifact that was interpreted by a transvenous ICD as ventricular fibrillation, leading to the delivery of inappropriate therapy. TENS units should be used with caution in patients with ICDs.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0147-8389eISSN: 1540-8159DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00027.xTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70016704
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, artifac, Defibrillators, Implantable, Electrocardiography, Equipment Failure, Female, Humans, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Tachycardia, Ventricular - therapy, Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - adverse effects, Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - instrumentation, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Ventricular Fibrillation - diagnosis