cardioverter

I pointed out that the then-63-year-old Cheney had suffered four heart attacks since 1978 and had quadruple artery bypass surgery in 1988 (I know something about this, having undergone quintuple bypass surgery and an artificial aortic valve implant at the age of 66 in 1999), and that he had an angioplasty to reopen a clogged artery in November, 2000, followed by a battery-powered device called a cardioverter defibrillator implanted in his chest in June 2001.

Al Eisele: Dumping Dick Cheney 2008

St. Jude is a Little Canada-based manufacturer of implantable medical devices such as cardioverter defibrillators used to treat heart conditions.

Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010

St. Jude is a Little Canada-based manufacturer of implantable medical devices such as cardioverter defibrillators used to treat heart conditions.

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St. Jude is a Little Canada-based manufacturer of implantable medical devices such as cardioverter defibrillators used to treat heart conditions.

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In retrospect the most important procedure from that West Wing period was the installation below Mr. Cheney's shoulder of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator 1985, a battery-powered device about the size of a pocket watch that continuously monitors heart rhythm and delivers a corrective electric jolt if it recognizes an abnormality.

The Story of Dick Cheney's Heart Joseph Rago 2011

In the first quarter, Medtronic's cardiac-rhythm sales increased 2.2% but were down excluding currency impact amid declining procedure volume in the U.S. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator sales fell 3.6% overall and 8% excluding currency impact.

Medtronic Profit Falls on Weaker Margins Anjali Athavaley 2011

Sales of heart-rhythm management devices, including implantable cardioverter defibrillators, declined 7.1% world-wide, down 11% in the U.S. and 0.5% abroad.

Boston Scientific Swings to a Profit John Kell 2011

One implantable cardioverter defibrillator — a device that jolts the heart back to a normal beat — can cost more than $30,000.

Medical groups sell companies access to their membership 2011

My heart is so severely damaged that an ICD (implanted cardioverter defibrillator) was needed.

McCain says 'ambiguous' health bills fuel 'death panel' claims 2009

The device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, typically costs the hospitals between $16,445 and $19,007.

Study: Hospitals Overpay for Devices Christopher Weaver 2012