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Heart Defibulators
Asked by L.D. from Atlanta
on May 16, 2008
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Has anyone had a family member that has had to get a heart defibulator put in and during surgery do they have to stop that person's heart???
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- I work in the medical field. Our standard practice is to test the ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) once implanted to insure it is capable of stopping an ir...
- I don't know if they stopped my dad's heart but he has done very well with his defibrillator. My concern though, occurred when a "recall" was issued and we had to make...
- Yes. Both of my grandparents. Just a warning- it is really hard to see them after surgery- just prepare yourself, it's hard to see them all hooked up to the tubes an...