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cardioverter

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cardioverter /car·dio·ver·ter/ (-ver´ter) an energy-storage capacitor-discharge type of condenser which is discharged with an inductance; it delivers a direct-current shock which restores normal rhythm of the heart.
automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator  an implantable device that detects sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation and terminates it by a shock or shocks delivered directly to the atrium.
car·di·o·ver·ter (kärd--vûrtr)
n.
A device for administering an electric shock in cardioversion.
Cardioverter
A device to apply electric shock to the chest to convert an abnormal heartbeat into a normal heartbeat.
Mentioned in: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
cardioverter
[-vur′tər]
a defibrillator or other instrument used to convert abnormal heart rhythms into normal rhythms.
cardioverter [kahr´de-o-ver″ter]
an energy-storage capacitor-discharge type of condenser that is discharged with an inductance; it delivers a direct-current shock which restores normal rhythm of the heart.
automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) see under defibrillator.
cardioverter
an energy-storage capacitor-discharge type of condenser that is discharged with an inductance; it delivers a direct-current shock which restores normal rhythm of the heart.
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