Extracardiac Inappropriate Shocks in Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: Management in Emergency Department

Abstract

The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) is an established treatment for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. In the S-ICD studies, inappropriate shocks (IAS) rate were reported to renge between 5% to 25% and to be mainly due to cardiac and noncardiac oversensing.