Inappropriate shocks in a patient treated with a cardioverter defibrillator

Heart. 1997 Apr;77(4):386-7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.77.4.386.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
  • Electric Countershock*
  • Electric Injuries / complications
  • Electric Injuries / etiology*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Equipment Failure
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*