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In [[medicine]] and [[cardiology]], an artificial pacemaker is a "device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external)."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]] and [[cardiology]], an artificial pacemaker is a "device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external)."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 17 February 2009
In medicine and cardiology, an artificial pacemaker is a "device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external)."[1]
History
In the 1980s many implantations of pacemakers were unnecessary or need was not adequately documented.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Artificial pacemaker (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Greenspan AM, Kay HR, Berger BC, Greenberg RM, Greenspon AJ, Gaughan MJ (January 1988). "Incidence of unwarranted implantation of permanent cardiac pacemakers in a large medical population". N. Engl. J. Med. 318 (3): 158–63. PMID 3336403. [e]