P wave oversensing and new discrimination
Tracing
Manufacturer Abbott
Device ICD
Field Sensing
N° 16
Patient
This 47-year-old man presenting with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent implantation of an Ellipse, single chamber ICD for secondary prevention of VT.
Graph and trace
This tracing includes a sensing channel (Ampli detection V) and a discrimination channel, corresponding to the signal sensing between the ventricular coil and the pulse generator;
- Ventricular activity in the sinus zone;
- Oversensing of P wave in the ventricular sensing channel (Ampli detection V);
- Comparison of the 3rd unclassified cycle between sensing and discrimination channels (2 of 3 cycles are unclassified); the P wave is oversensed on the sensing though not on the discrimination channel, despite the seemingly greater signal amplitude on the latter. This might be explained by the different autogains of the 2 channels (0.7 mm/mV on the 1st and 1.3 mm/mV on the 2nd), such that a signal of similar amplitude on the tracing is, actually, larger on the sensing channel;
- increment of VS² counter;
- after 6 VS²: non-sustained lead noise (NSLN) is diagnosed.
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