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Case Reports
. 2023 Mar 3;9(6):347-350.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.02.013. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Inappropriate shock by wearable cardiac defibrillator leading to vagus nerve stimulator malfunctioning causing symptomatic bradycardia

Mohammed J Arisha  1   2 , Stacy Richardson  1   2 , Shubash Adhikari  1   2 , Chafik Assal  1   2 , Muhammad Amer  1   2
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Case Reports

Inappropriate shock by wearable cardiac defibrillator leading to vagus nerve stimulator malfunctioning causing symptomatic bradycardia

Mohammed J Arisha et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrioventricular block; Bradyarrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Epilepsy; Inappropriate defibrillation; Vagus nerve stimulator; Ventricular asystole; Wearable cardiac defibrillator.

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Figure 1
Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing a left-sided vagus nerve stimulator (black arrowhead) and the wearable cardiac defibrillator pads (white arrows) in close proximity.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Rhythm strip from wearable cardiac defibrillator interrogation showing normal sinus rhythm (NSR) with significant noise artifacts (A) and inappropriate defibrillation during NSR (B).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Rhythm strip showing an episode of severe sinus bradycardia and a transient complete heart block with ventricular asystole that coincided with vagus nerve stimulator activation.
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