Largest Study To Date Finds Benefits Of ICDs In Children

More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators to maintain proper heart rhythm. ICDs were first introduced for adults in the 1980s, but little is known about how well they work in children. Now, a report of the largest pediatric experience to date finds the devices to be life-saving, but also suggests that they tend to deliver more inappropriate shocks to children than to adults.

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