Cardiac pacemakers. III. Pacemakers in the management of reciprocating tachycardias.
1975
M I Spence, and
L Lemberg
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010138
Pacemaker, Artificial
A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013610
Tachycardia
Abnormally rapid heartbeat, usually with a HEART RATE above 100 beats per minute for adults. Tachycardia accompanied by disturbance in the cardiac depolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) is called tachyarrhythmia.