It may be possible to prevent sudden cardiac death if doctors can identify a person at high risk of this event and treat him or her with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

• 如果医生能够确定某患者存在心脏猝死的极高风险，就可以通过为其安装“植入性心率转复除颤器”来预防猝死的发生。