Lau Ernest W, Birnie David H, Lemery Robert, Tang Anthony S L, Green Martin S
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada.
Europace. 2005 Jan;7(1):85-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.05.010.
Acupuncture is a modality of alternative medicine popular certain sectors of society. The possible interaction between acupuncture and ICD therapy has not been previously investigated. A case of acupuncture triggering inappropriate shocks from the ICD is reported.