Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are indicated for the following conditions: 1. Cardiac arrest caused by pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) 2. Spontaneous sustained VT
3. Asystole
4. Pulseless electrical activity
5. Electrophysiologically inducible VT or ventricular fibrillation (VF) not suppressed by class I antiarrhythmics
a. 1 only
b. 1, 2, and 5 only
c. 1, 2, 3, and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ANS: B
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