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Artificial cardiac pacemaker

Known as: heart pacer, Cardiac pacemakers, Artificial Pacemakers 
An electronic device that is implanted in the body to monitor heart rate and rhythm. It gives the heart electrical stimulation when it does not beat… 
National Institutes of Health

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BradycardiaCardiac Pacing, ArtificialInsertion or replacement of epicardial lead [electrode] into epicardiumMicrobiological

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Observations on the effect of varying ventricular rate on the circulation at rest and during exercise in two patients with an artificial pacemaker.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Expanding indications for implantable cardiac defibrillators.
Almost 250,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States; the majority are attributed to coronary… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
EMERGENCY ROOM TRIAGE OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN BY MEANS OF RAPID TESTING FOR CARDIAC TROPONIN T OR TROPONIN I
A BSTRACT Background Evaluation of patients with acute chest pain in emergency rooms is time-consuming and expensive, and it… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Incidence, progression and functional significance of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation.
BACKGROUND Cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation leads to an accelerated form of atherosclerosis with marked… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Catheter ablation for treatment of tachyarrhythmias: present role and potential promise.
DELIVERY OF high-energy direct-current shocks through electrode catheters for treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias was… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cardiac output of dogs exercising in the heat.
We measured cardiac output and central blood temperature in five large dogs (27 kg mean body wt) running at 7.5 km/h for 30 min… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Electrode complications in patients with permanent cardiac pacemakers. Ten years' experience.
Of 200 patients who had permanent cardiac pacemakers implanted between 1961 and 1971, 70 had epicardial catheters with 11… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Further evidence favoring a cardiac mechanism in irreversible hemorrhagic shock.
Cardiac output curves of normal dogs and dogs in various stages of hemorrhagic shock were determined with devices for continuous… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Effect of the cardiac arrhythmias on the coronary circulation.
Excerpt This study will consider the hemodynamic disturbances of the coronary flow which occur during cardiac arrhythmias. It has… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The use of bromsulphalein for determination of the cardiac output.
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