Implantable defibrillator surgery. Surgeon creating an opening in a patient's chest during surgery to fit a biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). An ICD is used to treat serious ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm). It delivers an electrical shock that resets the heart rate to a normal rhythm. The main body of the ICD sits just under the skin and is attached to wires implanted into the heart muscle | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Marazzi, Dr. P. |
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