Implanted with dual-chamber defibrillator

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This is a 59-year-old woman who was implanted with a dual-chamber defibrillator in September 2007 following a cardiac arrest in the setting of recurrent sepsis and multiorgan failure. Since then the patient has had no significant arrhythmias noted on her defibrillator. Her hardware includes a Medtronic Fidelis lead and the patient had an inappropriate shock due to lead noise several days ago. The patient has no other cardiac history and her EKG and echocardiogram are normal, and she is considered to be at very low risk for a dangerous arrhythmia at this time. Therefore, I have recommended complete hardware extraction without reimplantation.

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