It was reported that the patient received an external defibrillation shock as it was suffering from ventricular tachycardia (vt) that was below this cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (crt-d) programmed therapy zone.After the shock, this crt-d was unable to be interrogated any longer with an integrated programmer.An external cardiac monitor showed pacing signals, meaning the device was still functioning.However, the physician plans to replace this crt-d as soon as the patient is in good condition.This crt-d remains in service and no adverse patient effects were reported.
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