Acupuncture triggering inappropriate ICD shocks

Ernest W Lau; David H Birnie; Robert Lemery; Anthony S L Tang; Martin S Green

doi:10.1016/j.eupc.2004.05.010

Acupuncture triggering inappropriate ICD shocks

Europace. 2005 Jan;7(1):85-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.05.010.

Authors

Ernest W Lau¹, David H Birnie, Robert Lemery, Anthony S L Tang, Martin S Green

Affiliation

¹ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada. elau@ottawaheart.ca

PMID: 15670973
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.05.010

Abstract

Acupuncture is a modality of alternative medicine popular certain sectors of society. The possible interaction between acupuncture and ICD therapy has not been previously investigated. A case of acupuncture triggering inappropriate shocks from the ICD is reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acupuncture*
Aged
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Electric Countershock / adverse effects*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Male
Risk Factors
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*