It was reported that the patient presented to the emergency room with discomfort after repeated shocks from the implantable cardioverter defibrillator failed to resolve their arrythmia.External defibrillation had to be performed, which subsequently caused the device to go into back up mode.While in reset, defibrillation therapies were not available.The device was successfully reprogrammed.However, due to a data issue, previous device records were unable to be reviewed.The patient was stable following programming changes.
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