Recent clinical experience with the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
The automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is an electronic device designed to monitor the heart continuously, identify ventricular tachycardias and ventricular fibrillation, and terminate the life-threatening arrhythmias with an internal countershock. This device has been proved to be safe and effective, and its use has led to a significant decrease of arrhythmic mortality in the implantees.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy