Inappropriate shocks by subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator due to T-wave oversensing in hyperkalemia leading to ventricular fibrillation

Omid Kiamanesh; Deirdre O'Neill; Soori Sivakumaran; Shane Kimber

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.04.007

Inappropriate shocks by subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator due to T-wave oversensing in hyperkalemia leading to ventricular fibrillation

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2015 May 7;1(4):257-259. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.04.007. eCollection 2015 Jul.

Authors

Omid Kiamanesh¹, Deirdre O'Neill¹, Soori Sivakumaran¹, Shane Kimber¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Defibrillators; ICD sensing; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; S-ICD, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Subcutaneous ICD; TV-ICD, transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; TWOS, T-wave oversensing; Ventricular arrhythmias; implantable.

Publication types

Case Reports