What is the Diagnosis?
Qual o Diagnóstico?
Abstract
Patient OG, 62 years, with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in the right ventricle and low-tolerated sustained tachycardia, user of an implantable ventricular single-chamber cardiovascular defibrillator (ICD), returned asymptomatic for routine evaluation. Th ere was no registry of sustained arrhythmia, and the limits of stimulation and sensitivity were checked and were appropriate. However, facing the device’s telemetry, it was detected lack of sensitivity in a ventricular extra-systole.
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