It was reported that the patient experienced an acute onset of chronic heart failure.Over three days, the patient experienced worsening fatigue, dyspnea on exertion and was pre-syncopal.There was also a decreased ejection fraction (ef), ventricular tachycardia (vt), and acute kidney injury.An electrocardiogram (ecg) revealed vt so the patient was cardioverted and the device was reprogrammed.The device remains in use.The patient was a participant in the world-wide randomized antibiotic envelope infection prevention trial (wrap-it.) no further patient complications have been reported as a result of this event.
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