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defibrillation
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defibrillation [dē‚fib·rə′lā·shən]
(medicine)
Stopping a local quivering of muscle fibers, especially of the heart.


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The study showed a 29pct reduction in heart failure and mortality risk in patients who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) compared to patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD-only).
The primary outcomes of interest were the arrhythmic end points of appropriate implantable cardiac defibrillator intervention and sudden cardiac death.
Last night the 39-year-old from Rhyl spoke for the first time since having an Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) fitted, by doctors at Liverpool's specialist Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) The unit, fitted in October, is the size of a small fist.
 
 
 
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