ICD Therapy. The ICD was developed in the 1970s as a device to detect and automatically terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmias.5,6 Early ICDs were large devices that required a thoracotomy to implant. Improvements in batteries, capacitors, and microprocessors7 have resulted in the rapid evolution of ICD technology.
A designated Roth contribution is a type of elective deferral that employees can make to their 401(k), 403(b) or governmental 457(b) retirement plan.
A contribution is money that an IRA account holder (and/or their employer, in the case of an employer-sponsored plan) puts into their IRA. Each plan type has an annual contribution limit and a date by which the contribution must be made; in addition to certain requirements that must be met in order to contribute.