Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapies Delivered 5 Years After End of Service.
JACC Case Rep
; 2(5): 796-801, 2020 May.
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| ID: mdl-34317350
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 57-year-old man with a primary prevention internal cardioverter-defibrillator for severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy. At the time of elective replacement indicator, systolic function had fully recovered, and his generator was not changed. Nearly 5 years post-elective replacement indicator he received appropriate internal cardioverter-defibrillator therapies during a myocardial infarction. (Level of Difficulty Intermediate.).
AV, atrioventricular; CRT, cardiac resynchronization therapy; EOL, end of life; ERI, elective replacement indicator; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NSVT, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia; cardiomyopathy; elective replacement indicator; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; ventricular arrhythmias
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JACC Case Rep
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2020
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Article