Clinical Update

• Patient prescribed wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) and discharged two days later.
• On day of discharge, patient experienced an episode of ventricular tachycardia (VT) at a rate of 242 beats per minute.
• WCD appropriately detected VT and broadcast pre-shock alarms. Patient fell unconscious and WCD delivered a 150J biphasic treatment shock 58 seconds after detection, terminating VT.
  
  
• Patient received implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).