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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: How a small device saves lives

August 19, 2021

When discussing medical devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), often people who have been unaffected assume that these devices are only necessary for the elderly. What’s more, they may assume that living a healthy lifestyle ensures that you will not need one.

Danish footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during Euro 2020. As worried family, friends and fans looked on, he was resuscitated on the pitch. Fortunately, he recovered, and was promptly fitted with an ICD – a small device that can treat people with dangerous abnormal heart rhythms by sending electrical pulses to the heart.

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