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19952478

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
A 74-year-old female with a diagnosis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia died suddenly 9 years after an implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). The destructive removal of an ICD generator and the leads by an uninformed coroner resulted in the loss of the fragile electrograms during the terminal episodes of VT/VF and caused severe charring on the surface of the ICD generator. In order to observe the conditions in which the shock deliveries occurred during the noise detection, we programmed the ICD to deliver the maximum shock energy via a programmer while keeping continuous contact between the device surface and shock lead. The maximum shock energy of 31 Joules produced significant sparks from the surface of the ICD. To avoid the loss of data from an ICD and injury to the patient, widespread notification and education through appropriate scientific societies about the functions of ICDs are highly recommended.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1349-2365
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
823-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Destructive device removal - sparks and deletion of therapy history from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports