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Vermeidung von intermittierendem T-Wellen-Oversensing durch Programmierung

Avoidance of intermittent T-wave oversensing with device programming

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We report the case of a 35-year-old man who was suffering from severe heart failure due to cardiomyopathy. He underwent heart transplantation years ago and developed complex ventricular arrhythmias in the following months in combination with recurrent episodes of syncope due to hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy in the transplanted heart, so a dual chamber ICD was implanted. Months later repetitive episodes of intermittent T-wave oversensing with consecutive activation of the ICD could be observed. Surgical revision of the electrode was performed and the patient was closely followed up. One year later, further episodes of T-wave oversensing led to multiple inappropriate IDC-shocks.

A very short AV-conduction time was programmed to allow ventricular capture whenever possible, because T-wave oversense after ventricular capture would be annotated as single ventricular ectopy not resulting in antitachycardia pacing. As a consequence, the patient was free from inappropriate ICD-shocks, but showed several shorter episodes of T-wave oversensing. They were all initiated by atrial activity that was seen in the refractory period, thus leading to a loss of AV synchrony. Programming a very short post ventricular atrial refractory period (PVARP) in addition to a short AV-delay led to the complete disappearance of T-wave oversensing in this patient. During a 9-month follow-up, no further tachycardia episodes were detected by the device.

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Wir berichten über einen 35-jährigen Patienten, der sich bei primär dilatativer Kardiomyopathie und terminaler Herzinsuffizienz einer Herztransplantation unterzog. Monate später entwickelte der Patient komplexe ventrikuläre Tachyarrhythmien und rezidivierende Synkopen als Folge einer nicht vorbekannten hypertrophen nicht obstruktiven Kardiomyopathie im transplantierten Herzen, daher wurde ein im Zweikammerbetrieb arbeitender implantierbarer Cardioverter/Defibrillator (Zweikammer-ICD) implantiert.

Wegen ICD-Entladungen infolge T-Wellen-Oversensings Monate postoperativ erfolgte nach Ausschluss einer extrakardialen korrigierbaren Ursache hierfür die Revision der Coil-Elektrode. Nach einem weiteren Jahr ohne klinische Ereignisse traten erneut ICD-Entladungen infolge T-Wellen-Oversensings auf. Die Umprogrammierung auf eine sehr kurze AV-Zeit sollte zu einer praktisch 100%igen ventrikulären Stimulation führen um sicherzustellen, dass T-Wellen-oversensing nach stimulierten QRS-Komplexen als ventrikuläre Ektopie und nicht als Tachykardie bewertet wird. In der Folge kam es hierdurch nicht mehr zu ICD-Entladungen, aber zu sporadischen refraktär wahrgenommenen atrialen Ereignissen mit nachfolgendem Unterlaufen der atrioventrikulären (AV-)Synchronität und konsekutivem T-Wellen-oversensing, was durch Verkürzung der postventrikulären atrialen Refraktärperiode (PVARP) auf den minimal möglichen Wert zuverlässig verhindert werden konnte. Der Patient ist seit 9 Monaten ereignisfrei, im Gerätespeicher sind keine weiteren inadäquaten Tachkardie-Episoden mehr registriert worden.

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Wieczorek, M., Hoeltgen, R. & Djajadisastra, I. Vermeidung von intermittierendem T-Wellen-Oversensing durch Programmierung. Herzschr. Elektrophys. 17, 106–111 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00399-006-0481-5

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