pacemaker - electronic device implanted in to chest wall with conducting wire to heart to regulate abnormal heart rhythms by means of electronic pulses. Used when the sino-atrial or atrioventricular nodes, which usually regulate heart rhythm, are deficient or diseased. Powered by lightweight longlife cells, eg. lithium battery.
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