
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator | Conditions Associated with Shock
Purpose: | To determine if a shock from an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was appropriate or not. |
Specialty: | Cardiology |
Objective: | adverse effects, complication detection |
ICD-10: | T82.1 |
Description: | An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) delivers a shock to the heart of a patient once it is triggered. Sometimes the shock delivery is appropriate but sometimes it is not. |
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