Table 5.
Reason for Interrogation | Type of CIED | Clinical Indication | In- Person? | SARS-CoV-2 | Location | Notes | Disposition | |
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1 | Peri-MRI programming | Single chamber ICD | Brain MRI for surgical planning | Yes | Negative | MRI Suite | None | Discharged |
2 | Peri-MRI programming | Single chamber ICD | Brain MRI for AMS | Yes | Negative | MRI Suite | None | Discharged |
3 | Other clinical indication | Dual chamber PPM | Complex findings on telemetry | Yes | Positive | Floor | Telemetry findings due to frequent PACs, PVCs, and normal AV search mode | Expired |
4 | Other clinical indicationa | Dual chamber PPM | Pace termination of AFL | Yes | Positive | ER | Successful pace termination of atrial flutter | Admitted, later expired |
5 | LVAD patient with VT | Single chamber ICD | Normal ICD function | Yes | Positive | Floor | Slow VT in LVAD patient due to dehydration and suction events | Discharged |
6 | ICD shockab | CRT-D | Inappropriate shock for AF | Yes | Positive | ER | Made VF zone more conservative; added VT zone for SVT discrimination | Admitted, later expired |
7 | Disable tachytherapies | Single chamber ICD | DNR/DNI | Yes | Positive | Floor | NRB; recently implanted January 2020 | Expired |
8 | Disable tachytherapies | Single chamber ICD | DNR/DNI | Yes | Positive | Floor | NRB | Discharged to NH |
9 | Disable tachytherapiesb | CRT-D | DNR/DNI | Yes | Positive | Floor | NRB | Expired |
10 | Disable tachytherapies | CRT-D | DNR/DNI | Yes | Positive | Floor | NRB | Expired |
Primary reason for encounter 4 and 6 was atrial fibrillation or flutter with RVR.
Encounters 6 and 9 were on the same patient for different indications at different points during the hospitalization.