More details to follow.â Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) July 17, 2014. Nine Britons, 23 US citizens and 80 children are reported to be among the 298 people killed when a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed near the eastern Ukraine border on Thursday.
A cardiac ___ is a battery-powered device that is implanted under the skin and wired to the SA node in the heart. pacemaker An ultrasound procedure that directs sound waves through the heart to evaluate heart function is called?
Like a pacemaker, an ICD is a small device that's placed under the skin in the chest. This device uses electrical pulses or shocks to help control life-threatening arrhythmias. An ICD continuously monitors the heartbeat. If it senses a dangerous ventricular arrhythmia, it sends an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.