Defibrillator -
| An device that delivers an
electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid
heart rhythm disturbances. Defibrillators can be implanted like a
pacemaker in certain patients, so that dangerous cardiac arrhythmias can
be terminated immediately and automatically.
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