automatic implantable cardioverter

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automatic implantable cardioverter

An implantable device for detecting and terminating ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation.

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Two female patients, 26 and 39 years of age, had ventricular fibrillation that required an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) and recovered.

Myocarditis outbreak among adults, Illinois, 2003

The VENTAK[R] PRIZM 2[R] AICD automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators are designed to detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF), as well as provide bradycardia therapy (atrial and/or ventricular pacing).

Implantable defibrillators. (Editor's Choice)

Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators have been shown to reduce deaths in heart failure patients with prior sudden death or malignant ventricular arrhythmias.

Heart failure. (The Effective Physician)

Psychiatric morbidity following implantation of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Getting to the heart of his 'shocking' trauma: implant jolts cause Mr. J severe pain and embarrassment--and revive the specter of his troubled youth. He'd rather die of tachycardia than fear the next discharge. What would you do?

The Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) is a small electronic device that is implanted in patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias.

Educational intervention for patients with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators