Abstract
A 74-year-old male presented to our emergency room with history of sudden onset palpitations associated with syncope. He had a single-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator implanted for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death due to ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Interrogation of the device revealed episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) at 220 ms. Post-tachycardia, another episode of NSVT with longer duration, was induced by rate smoothing pacing algorithm following premature ventricular beats. We describe this unique form of device-related proarrhythmia causing syncope.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 136-137 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Europace |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Physiology (medical)