Sudden cardiac death is most commonly secondary to heart rhythm disturbances (ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation). We all have...
Ventricular Tachycardia (Sudden Cardiac Death)
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There are many varieties of defibrillators. The subcutaneous defibrillators are unique in that they do not require using the...
While all defibrillators do the essential task of delivering a shock to save the patient’s life, Medtronic’s defibrillator has...
While all defibrillators do the essential task of delivering a shock to save the patient’s life, Boston Scientific’s defibrillator...
While all defibrillators do the essential task of delivering a shock to save the patient’s life, Abbott’s defibrillator has...
While all defibrillators do the essential task of delivering a shock to save the patient’s life, Biotronik’s defibrillator has...
Related Procedures
Defibrillators are implanted for prevention of sudden cardiac death. They are different from pacemakers since pacemakers only speed up...