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Cardiac supplies
Cardiac supplies are tools used for medical procedures relating to the heart.
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Cardiac supplies
oxygenated
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
Carrying oxygen with it. Blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to all body tissue is oxygenated blood.
pacemaker/pacing system
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
An implantable system that includes a pulse generator (pacemaker) and one or two leads. The system delivers pacing pulses to the heart when the patient's own rate is too slow to pump enough blood to ...
pacemaker/pacing lead
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
An electrically insulated conductor that carries signals between the pulse generator (pacemaker) and the heart. Some leads enter the heart through a vein, and other leads attach to the outer surface ...
pacemaker, adaptive-rate
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
A pulse generator with one or two special sensors designed to recognize changes in the body, such as motion or respiratory patterns. The adaptive-rate pacemaker monitors these body changes and alters ...
pacemaker, dual-chamber
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
A pacemaker with two leads that can pace and/or sense in two chambers to correct slow heart rhythms. One lead is placed in the right atrium; the other is placed in the right ventricle.
pacemaker, natural
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
The heart's natural pacemaker, called the sinoatrial or S-A node, which is located in heart's upper right chamber, the right atrium. Electrical impulses originate in the S-A node, which causes the ...
pacemaker, single-chamber
Medical devices; Cardiac supplies
A pulse generator that paces and senses a single heart chamber, either the right atrium or right ventricle.
