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Is It Safe To Leave My Defibrillator Implant Without Power And Can The Defibrillator Implant Perform An ECG Through A Home Monitor?

I have a defib implant and the battery will run out soon....is it safe to leave implanted without power? I know most would want me to go through another surgery but I do lots of stuff for my heart and the device never has gone off. also can the defib implant perform an ECG through my Merlin home monitor?
posted on Tue, 1 Aug 2023
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