A pacemaker, also known as an artificial cardiac pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more chambers of the heart. Each pulse causes the targeted chamber or chambers to contract and pump blood, regulating the function of the heart's electrical conduction system.
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A pacemaker regulates the heartbeat in patients with cardiac arrhythmia.
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacemaker, lead sectionQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacemaker, lead section
A pacemaker, also known as an artificial cardiac pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more of the chambers of the heart.
2. Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker (Wikipedia)
WikipediaImplantable section, para 1Quote, Implantable section, para 1
The first clinical implantation into a human of a fully implantable pacemaker was on October 8, 1958, at the Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden, using a pacemaker designed by inventor Rune Elmqvist and surgeon Ake Senning.
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