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Record 1 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

The first automatic implantable defibrillator, a device that responded only to ventricular fibrillation, was implanted in 1980. The first implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) that provided cardioversion as well as defibrillation was implanted in 1982.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Appareil utilisé pour arrêter une fibrillation cardiaque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Aparato utilizado para contrarrestar la fibrilación, aplicando para ello impulsos eléctricos al corazón; así se interrumpe toda actividad de las fibras miocárdicas y después de transcurrir el período refractario pueden iniciarse nuevamente las contracciones normales.

OBS

Fibrilación: actividad muscular anómala producida por estímulos incoordinados, con coexistencia de fibras o grupos de fibras simultáneamente en contracción y en reposo.

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