cardioverter
noun
car·dio·ver·ter
ˈkär-dē-ō-ˌvər-tər 
: a medical device for the administration of an electric shock in cardioversion
The cardioverter, which is fully automatic, weighs but 90 g and is inserted like a permanent pacemaker.—
John Maurice
John MauriceThe silver-colored, pager-size device, called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, can speed up a slow heart and slow a racing heartbeat.—Susan Page
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Bouwmeester had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator procedure to restore his heart's normal rhythm.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
Fainting was the most common event, and one athlete received a shock with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
Some were home just a few days, while one, a cardiologist, was placing an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator into a patient when his wife, who was in the maternity ward in the same building, went into labor.
—Charles Feng, STAT, 26 Jan. 2023
ICDs are implantable cardioverter defibrillators, which are a sister device used to boost hearts at risk.
—Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
A month later the team doctor announced Eriksen was being fitted for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a small device that is placed in the chest and helps deliver electric shocks to restore regular rhythm, according to the BBC.
—Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2023
Eriksen was fitted with an implantable device to monitor his heart rhythm — an ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
Eriksen was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device and returned to play last year.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
The Baltimore doctors persisted and tested their implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, in dogs.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 May 2022
Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
Fainting was the most common event, and one athlete received a shock with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
Some were home just a few days, while one, a cardiologist, was placing an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator into a patient when his wife, who was in the maternity ward in the same building, went into labor.
—Charles Feng, STAT, 26 Jan. 2023
ICDs are implantable cardioverter defibrillators, which are a sister device used to boost hearts at risk.
—Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
A month later the team doctor announced Eriksen was being fitted for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a small device that is placed in the chest and helps deliver electric shocks to restore regular rhythm, according to the BBC.
—Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2023
Eriksen was fitted with an implantable device to monitor his heart rhythm — an ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
Eriksen was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device and returned to play last year.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
The Baltimore doctors persisted and tested their implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, in dogs.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 May 2022
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cardioverter
noun
car·dio·ver·ter
ˈkärd-ē-ō-ˌvərt-ər
: a device for the administration of an electric shock in cardioversion
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