Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator failure unmasked by a “lucky” shock

A young woman with placement of a dual-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and a history of prior cardiac arrest due to congenital long QT syndrome presented with defibrillation caused by a ventricular fibrillation arrest. Routine device interrogation revealed significant lead dysfu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lim K. Eng, Tomos E. Walters, Paul A. Gould
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-08-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427612000610