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pacemakerSource of rhythmic electrical impulses that trigger heart contractions. In the heart's electrical system, impulses generated at a natural pacemaker are conducted to the atria and ventricles. Heart surgery or certain diseases can interrupt conduction (heart block), requiring use of a temporary or permanent artificial pacemaker. A small electrode attached to an electric generator outside the body is threaded through a vein into the heart. The generator, inserted beneath the skin, produces regular pulses of electric charge to maintain the heartbeat. Permanent pacemakers can also be implanted on the heart's surface. pacemaker 1. Anatomy a small area of specialized tissue within the wall of the right atrium of the heart whose spontaneous electrical activity initiates and controls the beat of the heart 2. Med an electronic device for use in certain cases of heart disease to assume the functions of the natural cardiac pacemaker How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A man in white clothes, who could only be the surviving half- breed, was running as one does run when Death is the pacemaker. You might easily pick out these pacemakers, for they worked under the eye of the bosses, and they worked like men possessed. |
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