ICD Connection: Living with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

A Collection of Stories from Women & Men

Edited by Helen McFarland

Subjects: Health & Fitness, Heart
Paperback : 9781607854418, 194 pages, 6 x 9, September 2014
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Description

The book includes 13 first-hand accounts from women and men who are living life with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The book examines similarities and unique differences women and men face during diverse life stages with an ICD and cardiac disease diagnosis. General information about ICD’s is included along with expert advice from well-published doctors in the field of anxiety, fear, and depression after ICD implantation and ICD shock.