Key result
Alternating-current swimming pool leaks likely trigger 2 inappropriate shocks in a biventricular ICD patient.
Population
63-year-old man with a biventricular ICD
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Pool electrical hazards warrant counseling for ICD patients; this case leaves open the incidence of AC-triggered shocks.
Case Report (n=1)
Alternating-current leaks in swimming pools can mimic ventricular fibrillation and cause inappropriate ICD shocks.
Makaryus et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Inappropriate ICD shock (n=1). Alternating-current leak in a swimming pool was evaluated on Inappropriate ICD shock. Alternating-current leaks in a swimming pool likely caused 2 inappropriate shocks in a 63-year-old man with a biventricular ICD.
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