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Is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator removed in heart bypass surgery?
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No: The defib. Device is implatnted in the inner chambers of the heart and bypass is on the out side of the heart where the coronary arteries lie.Unless theres another reason to remove the device ie an infection the device is left in.
Answered 8/13/2014
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Nope: We just turn it off so it doesn't go off during the case from cautery noise.
Answered 9/28/2016
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