Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart adopts an irregular rhythm that makes it stop beating.

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It goes under the skin and is wired into the heart that has the ability to monitor your heart rhythms and then if, in fact, you develop an irregular rhythm then the ICD acts to correct it and to restore normal rhythm.

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Mr Flood suffers from an irregular heart rhythm condition called atrial fibrillation.

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