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cardiac pacemaker
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cardiac pacemaker [′kärd·ē‚ak ′pā‚smā·kər]
(medicine)
pacemaker


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Heart muscle beats rhythmically on its own due to Pacemaker Cells in the Myocardium which discharge and cause the involuntary heartbeat.
The Dog's Internal Anatomy Part 2 Muscles, Tendons, Ligaments, and ... by Richard Delgado / Pets and Animals community
They are formed in accordance with difference of the impulse speed on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, as well as influences of active substances concentrations in tissue environment on HRV fluctuations, acting directly upon chronotropic function of the SN pacemaker cells.
Possibilities of high-resolution HRV analysis by Mironova, T.; Mironov, V.; Calmikova, A.; Socolova, T.; Davidova, E.; Safronova, E.; Shadrina, I. / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
A new class or potential pharmaceuticals emerged about a decade ago that inhibits the If trans-membrane current that is responsible for the diastolic depolarization of pacemaker cells within the sinus node.
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