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Inappropriate Therapy of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Induced by an Electrical Bath
Abstract
We describe the case of a 73-year-old man who had a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implanted for the secondary prevention of ventricular fibrillation. He received inappropriate shock therapy for S-ICD while using a Japanese electric bath (denki buro). The records of S-ICDs obtained by device interrogation showed that inappropriate therapy was induced by electric waves in the bath. S-ICDs might be more sensitive than transvenous ICD because of the nature of the anatomic position of the electrode. Patients should therefore be carefully educated regarding the risk of inappropriate S-ICD therapy induced by the use of electric baths.
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BibTeX
@article{shingu2026inappropriate,
title = {{Inappropriate Therapy of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Induced by an Electrical Bath}},
author = {Motohiro Shingu and Tatsuya Nishikawa and Ryouta Yoshioka and Go Nakano and Atsushi Iseki and Tatsuya Matsubara and Yuya Oga and Hibiki Kadohara and Yuto Osumi and Kenta Ishibashi and Mana Hiraishi and Mitsuo Kinugasa and Yasutaka Hirayama and Koichi Tamita},
journal = {Internal Medicine},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.2169/internalmedicine.6607-25},
url = {https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/65/20/65_6607-25/_article},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Inappropriate Therapy of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Induced by an Electrical Bath
AU - Motohiro Shingu
AU - Tatsuya Nishikawa
AU - Ryouta Yoshioka
AU - Go Nakano
AU - Atsushi Iseki
AU - Tatsuya Matsubara
AU - Yuya Oga
AU - Hibiki Kadohara
AU - Yuto Osumi
AU - Kenta Ishibashi
AU - Mana Hiraishi
AU - Mitsuo Kinugasa
AU - Yasutaka Hirayama
AU - Koichi Tamita
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
JO - Internal Medicine
DO - 10.2169/internalmedicine.6607-25
UR - https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/65/20/65_6607-25/_article
AB - We describe the case of a 73-year-old man who had a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implanted for the secondary prevention of ventricular fibrillation. He received inappropriate shock therapy for S-ICD while using a Japanese electric bath (denki buro). The records of S-ICDs obtained by device interrogation showed that inappropriate therapy was induced by electric waves in the bath. S-ICDs might be more sensitive than transvenous ICD because of the nature of the anatomic position of the electrode. Patients should therefore be carefully educated regarding the risk of inappropriate S-ICD therapy induced by the use of electric baths.
SN - 1349-7235
SN - 0918-2918
ER -