A fatal device-device interaction between a wearable automated defibrillator and a unipolar ventricular pacemaker.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
; 31(7): 912-5, 2008 Jul.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18684292
ABSTRACT
We report a fatal device-device interaction between a wearable automated defibrillator (WAD; LifeVest - LifeCor, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and a unipolar pacemaker that occurred in an 18-year-old patient listed for cardiac transplantation due to his failing Fontan. The patient developed ventricular tachycardia that was initially detected by the WAD. However, large unipolar pacing artifacts and specific WAD arrhythmia detection algorithms caused the WAD to revert to nonrecognition of the arrhythmia, which lead to the patient's death. We identify likely causes of the failure and suggest methods of preventing such occurrences in the future.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Marca-Passo Artificial
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Taquicardia Ventricular
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Erros Médicos
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Desfibriladores
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Falha de Equipamento
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article