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In medicine and cardiology, an implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are "implantable devices which continuously monitor the electrical activity of the heart and automatically detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. They consist of an impulse generator, batteries, and electrodes."[1]
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators can reduce mortality in patients who have heart failure with an ejection fraction of less than 35%.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Bardy GH, Lee KL, Mark DB, et al (2005). "Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for congestive heart failure". N. Engl. J. Med. 352 (3): 225–37. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa043399. PMID 15659722. Research Blogging.