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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

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01-09-2010 | Case Report

“Pseudo” Faraday cage: a solution for telemetry link interaction between a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Authors: Sony Jacob, Prasad K. Cherian, Waqas S. Ghumman, Mithilesh K. Das

Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

Patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) may have implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) implanted for sudden cardiac death prevention. This opens the possibility of device–device communication interactions and thus interferences. We present a case of such interaction that led to ICD communication failure following the activation of an LVAD. In this paper, we describe a practical solution to circumvent the communication interference and review the communication links of ICDs and possible mechanisms of ICD–LVAD interactions.

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Title: “Pseudo” Faraday cage: a solution for telemetry link interaction between a left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Authors: Sony Jacob
Prasad K. Cherian
Waqas S. Ghumman
Mithilesh K. Das
Publication date: 01-09-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1383-875X
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8595
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-009-9415-6

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