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Forsyth using new heart defibrillator

Forsyth Medical Center is one of just two hospitals in the state of North Carolina to offer patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest a new life-saving device that can shock the heart muscle to restore normal rhythm. The device, a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD), is the first heart defibrillator that can be implanted […]