Understanding Your Pacemaker or Defibrillator : What Patients and Families Need to Know

Everything you need to know about a pacemaker or defibrillatorImplantable cardiac devices are life-saving tools that have been in use for decades. But when you or a loved one has been advised to get a pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device, where do you turn for practical information about what life with your device will be like? The fact is that no single source provides patients and their families with the real-life informatio