It was reported that the patient presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath and an alerting implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icd).An interrogation showed that the right ventricular (rv) lead triggered a lead integrity alert (lia) for non-sustained high rate episodes and sensing integrity counters (sic).In addition, noise was noted, the lead had no capture both bipolar and tip to coil and the pacing impedance was high and undefined.A lead fracture was suspected.The patient was admitted for exacerbation of heart failure and the defibrillation therapies on the lead were turned off.The lead remains in use; however, a lead revision is planned.No further patient complications have been reported as a result of this event.
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