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| | Artificial pacemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | External pacemakers can be used for initial stabilization of a patient, but implantation of a permanent internal pacemaker is usually required for most conditions. | | | A bi-ventricular pacemaker, also known as CRT (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) is a type of pacemaker that can pace both ventricles (right and left) of the heart. | | | A substantial external device, it was somewhat crude and painful to the patient in use. |
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| | Living With a Pacemaker - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| | Abstain from diathermy (the use of heat in physical therapy to treat muscles). | | | With advances in technology, artificial pacemakers today generally last eight to 10 years (depending upon the type of heart condition) and, in most cases, allow a child to lead a normal life. | | | Although your child's pacemaker is built to last several years, always check the pacemaker regularly to ensure that it is working properly. |
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| | Talk:Artificial pacemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The outser casing of pacemakers is often (usually?) made of titanium, which is very inert in the body. | | | What is done to avoid the body's immune system treating an artificial pacemaker as a foreign body and creating anti-bodies to reject it ? | | | The device worked for the 9 months that the patient survived her other ailments. |
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| | C, removal of the pacemaker needle was followed by a normal sinus rhythm corresponding in rate with that established by the artificial pacemaker. | | | The pacemaker delivered ventricular stimuli because Hyman found it difficult if not impossible to direct the needle electrode to the atrium. | | | "Of fundamental importance," he wrote, "is the difference in the basic theories between the previous modes of electrically stimulating the heart and that concerned with artificial pacemaker methods. |
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| | Pacemakers |
| | This procedure is safe for most pacemaker patients, with some reprogramming of the pacing. | | | Patients who work with or near such equipment should know that their pacemakers may not work properly in those conditions. | | | This can be treated by reprogramming the pulse generator. |
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| | Apria - resources - Health Advisors |
| | Permanent cardiac pacing is the artificial stimulation of the heartbeat by a device called a pacemaker that is put into your body. | | | Because disease may be located in different parts of the heart's conduction system, the doctor must choose the right pacemaker unit to meet each person's need. | | | The entire unit and electrodes are then inserted under the skin of the chest wall. |
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| | Heart Pacemaker Implantation - Cardiac Pacemaker Technology for Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| | Permanent (internal) Heart Pacemaker - This kind of Heart Pacemaker is implanted in a small pocket under your skin and is meant to be left in there for the rest of your life. | | | However, in some Heart Pacemakers, especially Adaptive-Rate Heart Pacemaker or Rate-responsive Heart Pacemaker, sensor detects changes in the body such as movement of arms and legs or how often a person breathes. | | | Demand Heart Pacemaker - This kind of Heart Pacemaker has an inbuilt sensing device which senses when the heart beat is too slow and turns the signal on. |
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| | Pacemaker Insertion |
| | Artificial pacemakers may also be used after cardiac surgery or in the case of a heart blockage. | | | Check with your doctor to determine which devices may affect your pacemaker. | | | There may be some discomfort during the procedure, but the local anesthesia should help minimize most pain. |
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| | Pacemakers: Generating regular heartbeats - MayoClinic.com |
| | Regardless of the underlying cause of bradycardia, a pacemaker — a small, battery-powered device implanted in your chest — may set it right, offering substantial relief. | | | If a doctor is considering any medical procedure that involves intensive exposure to electromagnetic energy, tell him or her that you have a pacemaker. | | | Unlike a regular pacemaker, a biventricular pacemaker stimulates both the right and left ventricles at the same time to make the heart beat more efficiently. |
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| | Living With Your Pacemaker |
| | When the heart is beating slower than the pacemaker rate, the sensing device turns the pacemaker on again. | | | Now that you have a pacemaker (or soon may get one), you may be wondering why you need one and how a pacemaker works. | | | A pacemaker will make your heart beat more regularly. |
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| | Equipment used by doctors and dentists can affect pacemaker function and, in certain situations, you may not be able to inform a medical professional that you have one. | | | TYPES OF Permanent, or internal, pacemakers are placed under the skin, usually in the loose tissues of the chest wall below the clavicle (collarbone). | | | A physician needs to periodically check the pacemaker batteries and perform a simple surgery to replace them when they are low (batteries last an average of 4 to 8 years). |
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| | Pocket hematoma after pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator surgery *: influence of patient morbidity, operation strategy, and perioperative antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy. | | | Hearing aid remote control devices and the pacemaker patient: Two studies. | | | artificial life support - artificial life support, systems that use medical technology to aid, support, or replace a vital... |
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| | The patient is awake for the procedure, and pain medication is given throughout the procedure. | | | A pacemaker is often the treatment of choice for people who have a heart condition that causes their heart to beat too slowly (bradycardia). | | | A pacemaker can usually sense if the heartbeat is above a certain level, at which point it will automatically turn off. |
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| | Coding and Reimbursement Guidelines |
| | Implantation of cardiac resynchronization pacemaker without mention of defibrillation, total system (CRT-P) Biventricular pacing without internal cardiac defibrillator | | | Beside device check of pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization pacemaker (CRT-P) Interrogation only without arrhythmia induction | | | Implantation or replacement of cardiac resynchronization pacemaker, pulse generator only (CRT-P) Implantation of CRT-P device with removal of any existing CRT-P or other pacemaker device |
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| | pacemaker. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 |
| | An artificial pacemaker may be placed inside the body surgically or may be worn outside. | | | If the heart& built-in pacemaker does not function properly, an artificial pacemaker may be necessary—a small electrical device that also regulates the heartbeat by sending out impulses. | | | A group of specialized muscle fibers in the heart that send out impulses to regulate the heartbeat. |
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| | pacemaker - Britannica Concise |
| | Heart surgery or certain diseases can interrupt conduction (heart block), requiring use of a temporary or permanent artificial pacemaker. | | | artificial organ - any machine, device, or other material that is used to replace the functions of a faulty or missing organ or other part of the human body. | | | artificial heart - Machine or mechanical pump that maintains blood circulation in the human body. |
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| | Your doctor may also ask you to check your pulse each day. | | | Most devices that can cause trouble are medical devices, such as MRI machines; radiation treatments for cancer may also interfere with a pacemaker's function. | | | It is important to report any symptoms to your doctor that signal your pacemaker may not be working properly. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Natural pacemaker 'within 10 years' |
| | Tests on rats suggest that implanting manipulated tissue back into the body could help people's hearts to beat regularly. | | | We may be able to use such cell-based technologies in humans to free them from cardiac pacemaker devices | | | Links to more Health stories are at the foot of the page. |
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| | Pacemaker definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Our Pacemaker Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Pacemaker | | | The natural pacemaker of the heart is the sinus node, one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the heart rate. | | | A pacemaker can also be programmed to detect an overly long pause between heartbeats, and then stimulate the heart. |
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| | Treatments: Artificial pacemaker - CureResearch.com |
| | Count: Artificial pacemaker is listed as a: treatment for 8 conditions; alternative treatment for 8 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions. | | | Artificial pacemaker as a treatment: The following list of conditions have 'Artificial pacemaker' or similar listed as a treatment in our database: | | | Use of this site is subject to our TERMS OF USE. |
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| | The pacemaker lead was placed into Houdi in much the same way as shown in the diagram of lead placement in a human above. | | | Because they are donated, we cannot guarantee how long the battery will last but most of the generators we receive are relatively new models and most generators outlive the patient. | | | This picture from another dog shows the pacemaker generator attached to the lead. |
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| | The "natural" pacemaker of the heart is called the sinus node. | | | The "natural" pacemaker of the heart is called the sinoatrial (S.A.) node or sinus node. | | | HEART BLOCK The "natural" pacemaker of the heart is called the sinoatrial (S.A.) node or sinus node. |
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| | artificial pacemaker - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Artificial pacemaker, Pacemaker, artificial : MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | artificial pacemaker, pacemaker, artificial : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | noun: an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker |
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