Thoracic impedance measurement in heart stimulation and cardiac arrhythmias

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jan;44(1):148-150. doi: 10.1111/pace.14121. Epub 2020 Nov 13.

Abstract

The electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is often a puzzling problem. The difficulty of the device function evaluation further increases in the presence of unfamiliar timing cycles and additional functions. We present an interesting ECG with a special function of a Biotronik ICD devices called the thoracic impedance monitoring, and demonstrate its behavior in a patient with atrial fibrillation, pacing beats, ventricular ectopic beats, and couple of ventricular beats. This report shows unexceptional occurrence of tricky ECG finding in patient with Biotronik ICDs.

Keywords: electrocardiogram; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; thoracic impedance measurement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electric Impedance*
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Primary Prevention