ICD

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Updated: July 28, 2010

ICD: An abbreviation for implantable cardioverter defibrillator, sometimes called an implantable cardiac defibrillator. An ICD is a pager-sized implanted version of an external defibrillator used to treat abnormally rapid heart rhythms.

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