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Ventricular Tachycardia After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement. Cardiac electrophysiology clinics Nguyen, D. T., Tseng, Z. H., Lee, B. K., Badhwar, N. 2010; 2 (2): 277–80

Abstract

Although implantation of an endocardial implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is meant to protect against ventricular arrhythmias, in some cases it can be paradoxically pro-arrhythmic. Recognition of this device complication, while rare, is important because it is potentially reversible and can be treated by managing the device, in lieu of, or in addition to, antiarrhythmics and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT). This case describes VT caused by right ventricular pacing after ICD implantation.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ccep.2010.01.013

View details for PubMedID 28770763