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Can you tell me how can cardic defibrillator's affect quality of life, ability to work?
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2 answers:: Defibrillators prolong life. Proven fact. They don't interfere with ability to work but the disease for which they're indicated often does. Quality of life: if they shock you, they ruin your quality of life because you never know when it's coming. Some people can live with that. Other's can't.
Answered 4/25/2014
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