Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: radiographic appearance.
The automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is used in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias resistant to medical or surgical therapy. The device, which has a unique radiographic appearance, senses ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation and automatically delivers a cardioverting or/defibrillating electric shock.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants