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#123 Pacemakers & ICDs: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Importance of Primary Prevention ICDs

Most patients with primary prevention ICDs will not experience shocks. Patients who have up into fibrelator implanted generally have no arrhythmias and no shocks. Only one out of 10 patients or so in a five year follow-up period ends up even having the type of rhythm that a defibrillator would treat.

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