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Can Someone With A Internal Defibrillator Have A Stroke ?
Can someone with a internal defibrillator have a stroke ?
Thu, 22 Mar 2012
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definitely, if any one has a defibrillator he/she may have stroke. becoz work of defibrillator is different and STROKE is different.
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definitely, if any one has a defibrillator he/she may have stroke. becoz work of defibrillator is different and STROKE is different.
good luck ...
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A stroke is from just about anything that will stop oxygen from going to the brain-- a blood clot or a bursted vessel in the brain. The internal defibrillator will stop the heart rhythm that causes sudden death, but it doesn't typically stop the heart rhythm that throws the blood clots to the brain.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4451
So, strokes can be from a bunch of stuff and those defibrillators are not really for preventing strokes, just sudden death from a heart beating like crazy.
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