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Inappropriate shock delivery by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator due to electrical interference with a refrigerator in a 4-year-old child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2021

Sezen Gulumser Sisko Open the ORCID record for Sezen Gulumser Sisko [Opens in a new window] ,
Hasan Candas Kafali Open the ORCID record for Hasan Candas Kafali [Opens in a new window]  and
Yakup Ergul
Sezen Gulumser Sisko*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Hasan Candas Kafali
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Yakup Ergul
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: S. G. Sisko, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90536 666 23 22; Fax: +90 (212) 632 00 50. E-mail: nezes_d@hotmail.com
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Abstract

We report a patient with long QT syndrome who received an inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shock due to electrical interference from a refrigerator. This electrical interference was mistakenly detected as an episode of ventricular fibrillation and ended with an inappropriate delivery of shock without any warning symptoms before.

Keywords

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorrefrigeratorelectrical interferenceinappropriate shockchildren
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , April 2022 , pp. 676 - 678
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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