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Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

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bradycardia pacing

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

A method of treating a slow or irregular heartbeat by periodically stimulating the heart with small electrical pulses.

brady-tachy syndrome

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An arrhythmia characterized by alternating periods of bradycardia (slow rhythms) and supraventricular tachycardias (rapid rhythms) in patients with S-A node dysfunction.

bruise

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An injury to tissue. A pooling of blood cells under the tissue.

bundle branches

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The nerve pathways that supply the electrical stimulation to the left and right sides of the heart.

bundle of his

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

A group of conduction fibers that descend from the atrioventricular (AV) node to the bundle branches.

bypass

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

See coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) >>.

capillaries

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Tiny blood vessels whose walls are so thin that oxygen, nutrients, and waste products flow through them.