Ventricular fibrillation surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Surgery

Implantable electric defibrillator

In patients at high risk of ventricular fibrillation, the use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator has been shown to be beneficial.