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Alternating current electrocution detection and termination by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
1Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
A patient with an ICD accidentally grasped a power line and was electrocuted. He was unable to release the cable during electrocution though he remained conscious. After receiving a shock from his ICD, the powerline was released. ICD interrogation revealed inappropriate detection of alternating current and delivery of a shock.