A patient calls his cardiologist's office and talks to the nurse. He is concerned because he feels he is being defibrillated too often
The nurse tells the patient to come to the office to be evaluated because the nurse knows that the most frequent complication of ICD therapy is what?
A) Infection
B) Failure to capture
C) Premature battery depletion
D) Oversensing of dysrhythmias
Ans: D
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Inappropriate delivery of ICD therapy, usually due to oversensing of atrial and sinus tachycardias with a rapid ventricular rate response, is the most frequent complication of ICD. Infections, failure to capture, and premature battery failure are less common.
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