An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is a device implanted in the heart to monitor the heartbeat, and it also reboots the heart with electrical impulses. ICD is indicated in patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to myocardial infarction, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular tachycardia, etc. The drawbacks of the surgery are infection at the implant site, swelling, bleeding, damage to the veins, etc.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Implantable defibrillators are implanted to terminate an episode of atrial arrhythmia. AFib (atrial fibrillation) is also a type of atrial arrhythmia.
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