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  2. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator - Wikipedia

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    More modern devices have software designed to attempt a discrimination between ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (VT), and may try to pace the heart faster than its intrinsic rate in the case of VT, to try to break the tachycardia before it progresses to ventricular fibrillation. This is known as overdrive pacing, or anti ...

  3. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). [1] [2] A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a counter-shock) to the heart.

  4. Artificial cardiac pacemaker - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes devices resembling pacemakers, called implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted. These devices are often used in the treatment of patients at risk from sudden cardiac death. An ICD has the ability to treat many types of heart rhythm disturbances by means of pacing, cardioversion, or defibrillation.

  5. St. Jude Medical Announces First Implant in Pivotal Phase of ...

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    St. Jude Medical Announces First Implant in Pivotal Phase of Clinical Trial Evaluating AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation ST. PAUL, Minn ...

  6. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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    IVAD—Implantable Ventricular Assist Device: Thoratec Pulsatile system includes three major components: Blood pump, cannulae and pneumatic driver (dual drive console or portable VAD driver). CE Mark Authorized. Received FDA approval for BTT in 2004. Authorized only for internal implant, not for paracorporeal implant due to reliability issues ...

  7. Implantable loop recorder - Wikipedia

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    An implantable loop recorder (ILR), also known as an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM), is a small device that is implanted under the skin of the chest for cardiac monitoring, to record the heart's electrical activity for an extended period.

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