Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD

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Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, director of Pacemaker and ICD Service at UC San Diego Health, states that placing the defibrillator leads outside the vascular allows the device to offer more pacing, or heart stimulation, in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest.

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