implantable cardioverter defibrillators การใช้

• From 1980 to 1985, over 800 patients were treated with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
• An implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, continuously monitors the electrical rhythms of the heart.
• Medicare and some health maintenance organizations pay for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator device, the doctors said.
• The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator is the size of a deck of cards and weighs nine ounces.
• The device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, does two things for Cheney's heart:
• Stillman noted that an earlier version of the device _ called an Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator _ was approved for Medicare billing.
• There is also the ethical issue of discontinuation of an ICD implantable cardioverter defibrillator in DNR patients in cases of medical futility.
• Guidant defibrillators covered by the marketing expansion include the Ventak Mini, Mini HC and Mini II of the Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.
• Technologies such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, artificial ventilation, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can extend the dying process.
• Guidant's defibrillators covered by the marketing expansion include the Ventak Mini, Mini HC and Mini II of the Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.
• Indianapolis-based Guidant had sued St . Jude, based in Little Canada, Minn ., over two patents for implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
• He said his doctors had assured him that the device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, would not impair his ability to do his job.
• Baum, now 49, had just received potentially life-saving medical treatment in midpedal, thanks to his implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD.
• Doctors examined his heart in a 35-minute exploration that confirmed the need for the device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD.
• The decision will have no impact on St . Jude's current sales of implantable cardioverter defibrillators or any future ICD products, Coyle said.
• The S-ICD System is a Subcutaneous ( under the skin ) Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for people who are at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
• The device-- an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD-- monitors the heartbeats of patients who are likely to suffer potentially fatal rapid heartbeats.
• He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002 for the development of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator with Michel Mirowski in the 1970s.
• Cheney said Friday that he expects the doctors to install an implantable cardioverter defibrillator which he called an ICD or a " pacemaker-plus ."
• Doctors at KU Med Center in Kansas City, Kan ., had implanted a Guidant automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator below Wright's left shoulder in September 2000.