Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator During Non-thoracic Surgical Procedures

Completed

Conditions studied: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

In brief

The purpose of this study is: * To document the incidence of electromagnetic oversensing of ICDs during non-thoracic surgery. * To identify any non-thoracic procedure with a higher incidence of generating electromagnetic oversensing. * To document the ability of dual chamber ICDs to discriminate electromagnetic oversensing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00806377

Run by

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

People needed

100

Starts

2008-12-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with Medtronic or Boston Scientific single and dual chamber ICDs

You may not qualify if…

• Non-thoracic ICD generator placement (abdominal)
• Pregnant

Where it is running

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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