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14760445

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is the treatment of choice for life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Despite this, indications for explantation have been described. Psychiatric complications have been considered in the decision to not re-implant a previously explanted device but never as a primary indication for explantation. The case of a woman who requested ICD explantation amidst concerns that the titanium used in its construction was absorbing harmful negative electromagnetic field energy from the environment resulting in intermittent bouts of fatigue, diaphoresis and an overall sense of impending doom is presented. She and her husband had significant psychosocial impairment because of this belief system. The present case is the first known report of a psychiatric complication as the primary indication for ICD explantation. It is illustrative of diagnostic dilemmas, competency and the importance of quality of life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0828-282X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1539-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Folie à deux: an old diagnosis with a new technology.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports