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demand pacemaker

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de·mand pacemaker (d-mnd)
n.
An artificial pacemaker usually implanted into cardiac tissue because its output of electrical stimuli can be inhibited by endogenous cardiac electrical activity.
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Past medical history included nephrectomy in 1996 for cancer of the left kidney and implantation of a universal demand pacemaker (dual chamber pacemaker) for treatment of sick sinus syndrome in 1990.
Staphylococcus lugdunensis pacemaker-related infection by von Eiff, Christof / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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