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A battery powered device typically implanted similarly to a pacemaker, which can monitor heart rate and rhythm and deliver electrical therapy such as shocks in response to sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation as specified by the cardiologist. (Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 120]], 2012)
''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''
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