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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov;9(11):1059-60.
doi: 10.1093/europace/eum186. Epub 2007 Sep 6.

Fatal outcome from inappropriate defibrillation

Hany Dimitri  1 , Bobby John, Glenn D Young, Prashanthan Sanders
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Case Reports

Fatal outcome from inappropriate defibrillation

Hany Dimitri et al. Europace. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

We present a 51-year-old morbidly obese man who underwent insertion of a single-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator for monomorphic ventricular tachycardia occurring after myocardial infarction. After a period of satisfactory device function, a sudden change in R-wave with atrial over-sensing heralded inappropriate defibrillation and induction of ventricular fibrillation, with subsequent death of the patient.

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