PMID: 11310314Apr 20, 2001Paper

Central venous access resulting in selective failure of ICD defibrillation capacity

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
N VarmaR Falk

Abstract

In a patient with a defibrillator system incorporating a lead with integrated bipolar sensing, physical contact between a guidewire (inserted for venous access) and the right ventricular defibrillation coil created sensing artefacts that triggered an inappropriate discharge. The presence of the guidewire in the heart during the discharge resulted in an electrical short with irreversible damage to the generator and rendered it incapable of delivering further high voltage therapy.

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Nov 5, 2013·The Medical Clinics of North America·Peter M SchulmanEric C Stecker
Dec 15, 2015·International Journal of Cardiology·Henrique Horta VelosoJose Jazbik Sobrinho
Oct 27, 2004·Paediatric Anaesthesia·Alexander L Garden, Peter C Laussen
Feb 3, 2007·Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology·Joshua M CooperRalph J Verdino

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