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    • Atrial Fibrillation
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    • Bradycardia (Slow Heartbeat)
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    • Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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        • Is ITB Therapy Right for You?
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        • Francesca's Story
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    • Cervical Herniated Discs
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        • Stacey's Story
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    • Chronic Back and Leg Pain
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        • Neurostimulators
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        • Drug Pumps
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        • Dick's Story
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    • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
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          • What Is Neurostimulation Therapy?
          • Our Neurostimulators for Pain
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          • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting the Device
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        • Abigails Story
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    • Constipation
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      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
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    • Coronary Artery Disease
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Therapies
        • Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting
          • What Is It?
          • Our Coronary Stents
            • Resolute
            • Endeavor
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          • Benefits and Risks
        • Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting Therapy
        • Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting
          • Is It Right for You
          • The Procedure: What to Expect
        • Beating Heart Surgery
          • Is It Right for You?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
      • After the Therapy
      • Personal Stories
        • Roger's Story
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    • Diabetes
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        • Insulin Pump
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Continuous Glucose Monitor
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Our Diabetes Management Products
          • Paradigm Veo Pump
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      • Getting a Device
        • Insulin Pump
          • Is It Right for You?
          • Myths and Facts
        • Continuous Glucose Monitor
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          • Questions and Answers
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Donal's Story
        • Chris's Story
        • Sean's Story
    • Dystonia
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      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our DBS Products
          • Activa PC Neurostimulator
          • Activa RC Neurostimulator
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          • Kinetra Neurostimulator
          • Activa Patient Programmer
          • Access Patient Controller
          • Access Review Patient Controller
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Paula's Story
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    • Ear Infections
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Surgery
        • Ear Ventilation Tubes
          • What Are They?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Power-Assisted Adenoidectomy
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting Surgery
        • Ear Ventilation Tubes
          • Is It Right for Your Child?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
        • Power-Assisted Adenoidectomy
          • Is It Right for Your Child?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Life After Surgery
    • Essential Tremor
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        • Our DBS Therapy Products
          • Activa PC Neurostimulator
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        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Dianne's Story
        • Bryan's Story
        • Morrie's Story
    • Faecal Incontinence
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Wendy's Story
    • Fainting (Unexplained)
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our Insertable Cardiac Monitors
          • Reveal ICM
          • Reveal Patient Assistant
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Lauren's Story
        • Alice's Story
        • Leslie's Story
        • Margie's Story
        • Eleanore's Story
        • Robert's Story
    • Gastroparesis
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        • What Is It?
        • Our Gastroparesis Product
          • Enterra Neurostimulator
        • Probable Benefit and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right For You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Jim's Story
        • Lynn's Story
        • Karen's Story
    • Heart Failure
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our CRT Devices for Heart Failure
          • Protecta XT Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator
          • Concerto Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator
          • InSync Maximo Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator
          • Consulta Cardiac Resynchronization therapy Defibrillator
          • Maximo II Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator
          • Consulta Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker
          • Syncra Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker
        • CareLink Remote Monitoring Network
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
        • CareLink Network
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          • How It Works
          • Comprehensive Remote Monitoring
          • Common Questions
      • Personal Stories
        • Janet's Story
        • Oscar's Story
    • Heart Valve Disease
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Surgery
        • Heart Valve Repair
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Heart Valve Replacement
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Our Heart Valve Products
          • Profile 3D Ring
          • CG Future Ring and Band
          • Duran AnCore Ring and Band
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      • Getting Surgery
        • Heart Valve Repair
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          • Surgery: What to Expect
        • Heart Valve Replacement
          • Is It Right for You?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living After Surgery
      • Personal Stories
        • David's Story
        • Libby's Story
        • Phill's Story
    • Hydrocephalus
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our Shunts
          • Strata Valves
          • Delta Valves
          • CSF-Flow Control Valves
          • LP Shunts
        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
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    • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
      • Treatment Options
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        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Is It Right For You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
    • Ménière's Disease
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our Ménière's Product
          • Meniett Low-Pressure Pulse Generator
        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Beginning Therapy
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      • Personal Stories
        • Trish's Story
        • Meredith's Story
    • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Is ITB Therapy For You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Bob's Story
        • Julie's Story
        • Diana's Story
        • Cindy's Story
    • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
      • Treatment Options
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        • What Is It?
        • Our Shunts
          • Strata Valves
          • Delta Valves
          • CSF-Flow Control Valves
          • LP Shunts
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right For You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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      • About the Therapy
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
        • Questions and Answers
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right For You?
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    • Overactive Bladder
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      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Cheryl's Story
        • Josephine's Story
        • Julie's Story
        • Nancy's Story
        • Norma's Story
        • Ron's Story
        • Pam's Story
    • Painful Neuropathy
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • Neurostimulators
          • What Is It?
          • Our Neurostimulators for Pain
            • RestoreSensor Neurostimulator
            • RestoreAdvanced Neurostimulator
            • PrimeAdvanced Neurostimulator
            • myStim Programmer
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Drug Pumps
          • What Is It?
          • Our Drug Pumps for Pain
            • Personal Therapy Manager (myPTM)
          • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting the Device
        • Neurostimulators
          • Is It Right for You?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
        • Drug Pumps
          • Is It Right for You?
          • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
    • Parkinson's Disease
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our DBS Therapy Products
          • Activa PC Neurostimulator
          • Activa RC Neurostimulator
          • Soletra Neurostimulator
          • Kinetra Neurostimulator
          • Activa Patient Programmer
          • Access Patient Controller
          • Access Review Patient Controller
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With a Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Chris's Story
        • Clare's Story
        • Jerry's Story
    • Scoliosis
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Surgery
        • What Is It?
        • Our Spinal System
          • CD Horizon Legacy Spinal System
        • Benefits and Risks
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        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Life After Surgery
      • Personal Stories
        • Amanda's Story
        • Cally's Story
    • Sinus Infections
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Surgery
        • Ethmoidectomy
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Maxillary Antrostomy
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
        • Powered Septoplasty With Turbinoplasty
          • What Is It?
          • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting Surgery
        • Ethmoidectomy
        • Maxillary Antrostomy
        • Powered Septoplasty With Turbinoplasty
      • Life After Surgery
    • Spinal Cord Injury and Disease
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting the Device
        • Is ITB Therapy Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Jason's Story
        • Joey's Story
        • Jenny's Story
        • Mary N.'s Story
        • Tim's Story
    • Spinal Fractures
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting the Device
        • Is It Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Jennifer's Story
    • Stroke
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting the Device
        • Is ITB Therapy Right for You?
        • Surgery: What to Expect
      • Living With the Device
      • Personal Stories
        • Ed's Story
        • Mary C.'s Story
        • Ricky's Story
        • Mary N.'s Story
    • Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)
      • Treatment Options
      • About the Device
        • What Is It?
        • Our Implantable Defibrillators
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        • CareLink Remote Monitoring Network
        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
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      • Personal Stories
        • Ivor's Story
        • John's Story
        • Ian's Story
        • Tracey's Story
    • Tachycardia (Fast Heartbeat)
      • Treatment Options
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        • Benefits and Risks
      • Getting a Device
        • Is It Right for You?
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      • Personal Stories
        • Dawn's Story
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    • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA)
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        • Our Thoracic Stent Graft
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        • Benefits and Risks
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