Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2013

Seiten: 201-202

Zeitschrift: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Bandnummer: 5

Heftnummer: 4

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v5.i4.201

Verlag: Baishideng Publishing Group

Abstract: 
Our Letter to the Editor, related to the article "Small bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Outcome analysis using telemetry" by Cuschieri et al, comments on some small errors, that slipped into the authors discussions. The given informations concerning the pacemaker- and implantable cardioverter defibrillators modes were inaccurate and differ between the text and the table. Moreover, as 8 of 20 patient's pacemakers were programmed to VOO or DOO ("interference mode") and one patient was not monitored by telemetry during capsule endoscopy, 9 of 20 patients (45%) lack the informations of possible interference between capsule endoscopy their implanted device. Another objection refers to the interpretation of an electrocardiogram (figure 1, trace B) presented: in contrast to the author's opinion the marked spike should be interpreted as an artefact and not as "undersensing of a fibrillatory wave". Finally, three comments to cited reviews were not complete respectively not quoted correctly.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Bandorski, D., Gehron, J. and Höltgen, R. (2013) Interference between pacemakers/implantable cardioverter defibrillators and video capsule endoscopy, World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 5(4), pp. 201-202. https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v5.i4.201

APA-Zitierstil: Bandorski, D., Gehron, J., & Höltgen, R. (2013). Interference between pacemakers/implantable cardioverter defibrillators and video capsule endoscopy. World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy. 5(4), 201-202. https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v5.i4.201