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programmable pacemaker

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programmable pacemaker

Cardiac pacing A pacemaker in which the pacing mode and/or parameters can be changed noninvasively with an external programmer Adjustable parameters Rate, pulse amplitude and width, sensitivity, mode of pacing–eg, asynchronous ventricular inhibited or ventricular triggered. See Pacemaker.
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