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Question:
Does altitude affect ICD performance?
I am 7 months post cardiac arrest and have an ICD. I am traveling to an elevation of 7,000 feet, currently living in 700 ft. Will the elevation affect my ICD at all, i.e., can it discharge from this?
submitted by Debbie from Oklahoma on 10/07/2016
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Mehdi Razavi, MD
It does not.
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