It was reported that electrogram (egm) review was requested for this cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (crt-d) due to mode switching concerns.Additionally, the patient was experiencing shortness of breath and difficulty lying flat.Upon review, the patient was in atrial flutter with biventricular (biv) pacing.It was determined that the device was mode switching appropriately, however turning biv pacing revealed that the patient's intrinsic rhythm was driving the rate.Furthermore, there was intermittent atrial undersensing due to blanking associated with biv pacing.This crt-d remains in service.No adverse patient effects were reported.
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