An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator is a device implantable inside the body, able to perform cardioversion, defibrillation, and pacing of the heart. The device is therefore capable of correcting most life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The ICD is the first-line treatment and prophylactic therapy for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Current devices can be programmed to
Ralph Macchio was the actor who played Johnny in The Outsiders. They never tell us Johnny's actual name.
Dallas Winston is the toughest Greaser of âThe Outsidersâ characters. He used to run with tough gangs in New York and is the most violent of all the Greasers in the movie. Sodapop Curtis is the brother of Ponyboy Curtis. He is a pretty boy with a good attitude. This âOutsidersâ character is portrayed in the movie by Rob Lowe, who went on to have a very successful movie career as a member of the Brat Pack. Darrel Curtis is the older brother of Ponyboy and Sodapop.