ECT and automatic internal cardioverter-defibrillator

Maria I. Lapid; Teresa A. Rummans; Virginia E. Hofmann; Byron A. Olney

doi:10.1097/00124509-200106000-00011

ECT and automatic internal cardioverter-defibrillator

Maria I. Lapid, Teresa A. Rummans, Virginia E. Hofmann, Byron A. Olney

Psychiatry and Psychology

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Abstract

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a relatively safe and effective treatment even in depressed patients with preexisting cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about its use in patients with automatic internal cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD). This case report describes a successful administration of ECT in a treatment-refractory depressed patient with an AICD, where the AICD device was deactivated during each ECT treatments and reactivated immediately upon completion of each treatment. The presence of an AICD should not be a contraindication to receiving ECT.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	146-148
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of ECT
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00124509-200106000-00011
State	Published - 2001

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Automatic internal cardioverter-defibrillator
Electroconvulsive therapy

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Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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