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<Articles JournalTitle="The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>3115-7270</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2012</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Hyperglycemia-Induced T-Wave Oversensing as a Cause of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Failure</title>
    <FirstPage>30</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>32</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Assadian Rad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Heshmat Cardiovascular Medical Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Emkanjoo</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Heshmat Cardiovascular Medical Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hassan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Moladoust</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Heshmat Cardiovascular Medical Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>03</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">T-wave oversensing occurs when the counter starts giving dual beeps for every cardiac cycle instead of one. This usually happens when the monitoring lead displays a tall T wave, which is also sharp. R wave sensing algorithms of the devices do not sense T wave because the slow rate of the T wave is much less than that of the R wave. But the slow rate of T waves may change with time and also because of parameters like potassium levels and hyperglycemia. We present a 67-year-old female who underwent the implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy (cardiac resynchronization and implantable cardioverter defibrilator [CRT-D]) because of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ventricular dyssynchrony experienced recurrent inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks and CRT failure. Device analysis showed that the CRT failure was in consequence of T-wave oversensing due to hyperglycemia. Elimination of the T-wave oversensing after hyperglycemia control conferred&#xA0; good biventricular pacing and good response to CRT &#xA0;during a 6-month follow-up period.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://rhythm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/238</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://rhythm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/download/238/236</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
