Aborted sudden cardiac death in a patient with implantable loop recorder

Abstract

We discuss a 46-year-old man with history of hypertension and inferior wall myocardial infarction and mild left ventricular dysfunction who presented with aborted sudden cardiac death due to episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia detected by a Reveal-LINQ which had been implanted one year prior to presentation.

Keywords

• Implantable loop recorder
• Sudden cardiac death
• Ventricular arrhythmia