You work on a unit that provides care to patients who have had either a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator placed
A student nurse asks what the criteria are to determine which device the patient has implanted. What should be your response?
A) "Patients with CAD and an elevated ejection fraction receive the ICD."
B) "Patients with an arrhythmia and a reduced afterload receive the ICD."
C) "Patients with arrhythmia and an increased afterload receive the ICD."
D) "Patients with CAD and a reduced ejection fraction receive the ICD."
Ans: D
Feedback: Pacemaker technology also may be used in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (eg, in patients with coronary artery disease and a reduced ejection fraction).
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