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Europace Advance Access published online on January 5, 2006
Europace, doi:10.1093/europace/euj001
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved
Received May 11, 2004
Accepted January 26, 2005

Case report

Detection of refrigerator-associated 60 Hz alternating current as ventricular fibrillation by an implantable defibrillator

Ayman S. Al Khadra 1 *, Abdulaziz Al Jutaily 1, and Salem Al Shuhri 1

1 Department of Adult Cardiology, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, PO Box 7897 (X-982), Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Ayman S. Al Khadra, E-mail: avnrt{at}hotmail.com


  Abstract

This report describes a patient with an implantable defibrillator who suffered an inappropriate defibrillation shock upon retrieving some food items from his inadequately earthed refrigerator. Noise typical of electrical interference can be observed in the stored electrogram of the episode. The patient was instructed to earth his home appliances, but he decided to avoid his refrigerator altogether, and has had no subsequent shocks.

Keywords: Implantable defibrillator; Electromagnetic interference; Inappropriate shock.
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