
Electrical Storm in Patient with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for the occurrence of an electrical storm. |
Specialty: | Cardiology |
Objective: | adverse effects, complication detection |
ICD-10: | Z95.0 |
Description: | A patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) may develop an "electric storm", a term referring to multiple discharges of the ICD during a short period of time. Repeated discharges of an ICD may affect the patient's quality of life. |
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