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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 12 > Make heart doctors' histories available

Make heart doctors' histories available

By Bulletin Editorial staff / The Bulletin
July 12, 2006

For heart patients, an implantable defibrillator has become almost like standard equipment on a car - everyone gets one.

But the confounding question is: Who really needs them?

The devices shock the heart to correct it when its beat goes haywire. Implanted defibrillators can cost about as much....

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