The use of beep-o-grams in the assessment of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator sensing function.

Noninvasive assessment of sensing performance in the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator is limited by the absence of telemetry or memory functions. The adaptation of the electrophysiological test mode into a 'beep-o-gram' recording, with simultaneous audible tones and a surface electro...

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Published in:Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 1737 - 1746
Main Authors: Ballas SL, Rashidi R, Mgalister H, Corbelli R, Mccowan R, Wilkoff BL, Castle LW, Morant VA, Simmons TW, Maloney JD
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov1989
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          Cardioversion Equipment and Supplies
          Audiorecording
          Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Equipment and Supplies
          Electrodes, Implanted
          Equipment Design
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      ab: Noninvasive assessment of sensing performance in the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator is limited by the absence of telemetry or memory functions. The adaptation of the electrophysiological test mode into a 'beep-o-gram' recording, with simultaneous audible tones and a surface electrocardiogram, was used in the confirmation of sensing malfunction. Eleven of 13 recordings in patients with documented or clinically suspected inappropriate defibrillator discharges (group 1) demonstrated evidence of definite oversensing. Nonspecific oversensing or undersensing was present in 77% of 27 randomly selected asymptomatic patients without known sensing malfunction (group 2). The sensitivity and specificity for identifying definite oversensing was 85% and 60%, respectively. The beep-a-gram system is a reliable, noninvasive means of confirming sensing malfunction in the automatic impluntable cardioverter defibrillator. Its specificity is limited by the detection of subclinical sensing aberrations, to some degree related to the device's automatic gain control sensing algorithm.
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