Automatic implantable defibrillator discharge resulting from routine pacemaker programming.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-1988
Abstract
A middle-aged gentleman with an idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, drug-refractory sustained ventricular arrhythmia, and high-degree AV block was managed with an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) and a Cordis Multicor II VVI pacemaker. During a routine follow-up visit, the pacemaker threshold was determined. Seven seconds after reprogramming the Cordis pacemaker to the "stat" VVI mode, the AICD discharged. The time to discharge after reprogramming the pacemaker equalled the previously determined AICD charge time. No other rhythm disturbance was documented and the rate with double counting of pacemaker stimulus and QRS complex was less than the triggering rate for the AICD. In conclusion, the AICD can be triggered by pacemaker programming signals unrelated to subsequent pacemaker function.
Volume
11
Issue
3
First Page
336
Last Page
338
ISSN
0147-8389
Published In/Presented At
Gottlieb, C., Miller, J. M., Rosenthal, M. E., & Marchlinski, F. E. (1988). Automatic implantable defibrillator discharge resulting from routine pacemaker programming. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 11(3), 336–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1988.tb05013.x
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2452422
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article