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Články z PhysOrgCardiologists suggest patient-centered approach to replacing implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

25. 1 2012 (23:24)

More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the United States annually, fully a quarter of those are generator replacements simply because the battery is depleted. But are all those replacements necessary and should they actually be performed?