An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator is a device implantable inside the body, able to perform cardioversion, defibrillation, and pacing of the heart. The device is therefore capable of correcting most life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The ICD is the first-line treatment and prophylactic therapy for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Current devices can be programmed to
Ralph Macchio was the actor who played Johnny in The Outsiders. They never tell us Johnny's actual name.
His real name was Lesane Parish Crooks, but his mother changed his name at birth to protect him, as she was a Black Panther member and was recently acquitted of several chargeâ¦s against the government. His name was changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur after TÃºpac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary.