Definition of "cardioverter" []

• A machine that performs cardioversion. (noun)

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• "I pointed out that the then-63-year-old Cheney had suffered four heart attacks since 1978 and had quadruple artery bypass surgery in 1988 (I know something about this, having undergone quintuple bypass surgery and an artificial aortic valve implant at the age of 66 in 1999), and that he had an angioplasty to reopen a clogged artery in November, 2000, followed by a battery-powered device called a cardioverter defibrillator implanted in his chest in June 2001."
• "St. Jude is a Little Canada-based manufacturer of implantable medical devices such as cardioverter defibrillators used to treat heart conditions."
• "Sales of heart-rhythm management devices, including implantable cardioverter defibrillators, declined 7.1% world-wide, down 11% in the U.S. and 0.5% abroad."