An ICD therapy option used to treat ventricular fibrillation.
Defibrillation consists of high-energy shock impulses.
See also ICD . For example, as it relates to a blockage in a coronary, 'distal' means 'downstream' from the blockage. The medication is delivered through a small tube called a catheter that is also surgically placed. The spinal cord is like a highway for pain signals on their way to the brain, where the feeling of pain is experienced by your body. Because the drug is delivered directly to the spinal cord, where pain signals travel, APT Intrathecal can offer dramatic pain control, with a tiny fraction of the dose that would be required with pills.