ICDs are 100% effective to save a patient from arrhythmia
A defibrillator is any device which will get a person out of ventricular fibrillation,where paddles are use to shock a patients heart back to normal. These external defibrillators have saved 1000s of lives. An ICD will automatically reset the heart when the heart enters a potentially life-threatehese devning arrhythmia. An ICD can deliver a shock to the heart through electrodes placed near the heart at the time of implant. Often times the ICD will get the patient out of the abnormal rhythm by pacing the heart rapidly. Although a shock can be felt by the patient, pacing to terminate an abnormal rhythm occurs usually without the patient being aware.
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ICDs are 100% effective to save a patient from arrhythmia
A defibrillator is any device which will get a person out of ventricular fibrillation,where paddles are use to shock a patients heart back to normal. These external defibrillators have saved 1000s of lives. An ICD will automatically reset the heart when the heart enters a potentially life-threatehese devning arrhythmia. An ICD can deliver a shock to the heart through electrodes placed near the heart at the time of implant. Often times the ICD will get the patient out of the abnormal rhythm by pacing the heart rapidly. Although a shock can be felt by the patient, pacing to terminate an abnormal rhythm occurs usually without the patient being aware.
http://www.heart-consult.com/articles/internal-cardiac-defibrillator
April 16, 2011 - 2:24amThis Comment
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