Ventricular fibrillation undersensing due to air entrapment in a patient implanted with a subcutaneous cardioverter defibrillator

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2019 Aug;30(8):1373-1374. doi: 10.1111/jce.14005. Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Authors

Carmen Adduci¹, Loris Spadoni², Francesca Palano¹, Pietro Francia¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, St Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
² Boston Scientific Italy, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 31165543
DOI: 10.1111/jce.14005

No abstract available

Keywords: air entrapment; subcutaneous ICD; ventricular fibrillation undersensing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Adult
Air*
Artifacts
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electric Countershock / adverse effects
Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
Electrocardiography / instrumentation*
Heart Rate
Humans
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Prosthesis Failure*
Remote Sensing Technology / instrumentation*
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*