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. 2022 Mar 28;12(4):536. doi: 10.3390/jpm12040536

Table 2.

Detailed description documenting ICD complications.

Number of
Patients (n = 337)
Patients with Complications Complication Follow Up (Months) Study
7 4 (57%) Inappropriate shocks 8×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 6×
Electrode defect 2×
81 mean Veith et al., 2020 [27]
1 0 (0%) None 72 Ahmed et al., 2016 [4]
1 1 (100%) Electrical storm 1× 21 Aksu et al., 2017 [5]
1 1 (100%) Inappropriate shock 1×
R-wave oversensing 1×
16.5 Berne et al., 2017 [6]
28 6 (21%) Inappropriate shocks 18×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 11×
Lead failure 7×
Electrical storm 2×
65 median Broendberg et al., 2017 [7]
1 1 (100%) Electrical storm 1× 30 Fagundes et al., 2010 [8]
1 0 (0%) None 21 Griksaitis et al., 2013 [9]
3 1 (33%) Inappropriate shocks 3× 48 mean Haugaa et al., 2010 [10]
16 6 (38%) Inappropriate shocks 6×
Sinus tachycardia 4×
Lead fracture 2×
46.8 mean Hayashi et al., 2009 [2]
7 0 (0%) None 32.9 mean Hofferberth et al., 2014 [11]
1 1 (100%) Electrical storm 8× 14 Hong et al., 2012 [12]
1 1 (100%) Inappropriate shocks 2× 24 Jacquemart et al., 2012 [13]
1 1 (100%) ICD-pocket infection 3.7 Kohli et al., 2019 [14]
27 4 (15%) Inappropriate shocks 4× 57.6 mean Kozlovski et al., 2014 [15]
1 0 (0%) None 21 Kron et al., 2015 [16]
1 1 (100%) Inappropriate shock 1× 12 Mantziari et al., 2013 [17]
6 5 (83%) Inappropriate shock 2×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 2×
Electrical storm 6×
144 median (of 5 patients) Marai et al., 2012 [18]
24 19 (79%) Inappropriate shocks 65×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 24×
Electrical storm 4×
Thromboembolic event 1×
Lead fracture/failure 8×
39.6 median Miyake et al., 2013 [19]
1 1 (100%) Inappropriate shock 1×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 1×
132 Okajima et al., 2016 [20]
1 0 (0%) None 36 Paul et al., 2014 [21]
1 0 (0%) None 43 Pott et al., 2011 [22]
13 11 (85%) Inappropriate shocks 24×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 16×
t-wave oversensing 7×
Endocarditis 2×
Lead fracture 2×
48 median Roses Noguer et al., 2014 [23]
118 28 (24%) Inappropriate shocks 21×
Electrical storm 21×
Lead failure 16×
NA Roston et al., 2015 [24]
5 1 (20%) Electrical storm 1× 24.4 mean Schneider et al., 2013 [25]
1 0 (0%) None 6 Seidlmayer et al., 2018 [26]
15 5 (30%) Inappropriate shocks 5×
Supraventricular arrhythmia 5×
NA Sy et al., 2011 [22]
12 1 (8%) Electrical storm 1× 20 median Van der Werf et al., 2011 [31]
40 1 (3%) Inappropriate shock 1× 60 mean Wanguemert et al., 2015 [28]
1 0 (0%) None 30 Yu et al., 2016 [29]
1 1 (100%) Electrical storm 1× 53 Yu et al., 2015 [30]