Defibrillators, Implantable
"Defibrillators, Implantable" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Implantable devices which continuously monitor the electrical activity of the heart and automatically detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) and VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. They consist of an impulse generator, batteries, and electrodes.
| Descriptor ID |
D017147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.305.250.159.175 E07.305.250.319.175 E07.695.175 E07.695.202.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Defibrillators, Implantable- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
- Implantable Defibrillators
- Defibrillator, Implantable
- Implantable Defibrillator
- Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Implantable
- Cardioverter Defibrillators, Implantable
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Implantable
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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