Why the study?
Does electroconvulsive therapy without ICD deactivation cause inappropriate discharges in patients with an ICD?
Population
1 patient with severe psychotic depression and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
70 ECT sessions
Authors
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May support ECT without routine ICD deactivation in select cases; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Does electroconvulsive therapy without ICD deactivation cause inappropriate discharges in patients with an ICD?
In a patient with an ICD undergoing 70 ECT sessions without device deactivation, no inappropriate shocks occurred, suggesting the risk of inappropriate therapy may be lower than currently assumed.
Anguera et al. (2012) studied this question.
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