Some High-Risk Cardiac Patients Have an ____ Placed Inside the Body

question 19

Multiple Choice

Some high-risk cardiac patients have an ____ placed inside the body, which is designed to defibrillate the patient if she has a tachyarrhythmia or ventricular fibrillation.

• A) implanted pacer/defibrillator
• B) automatic implanted cardiovertor-defibrillator (AICD)
• C) automatic implanted inverter-defibrillator
• D) automatic implanted cardiac-defibrillator

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