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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A surgically implanted device that monitors the heartbeat and delivers electrical impulses to correct an abnormally fast rhythm and restore a regular heartbeat. The ICD system usually consists of an implanted pulse generator and one or more leads. The system is adjusted using an external programming device. Also known as an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD).
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An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that includes the functions of a dual-chamber pacemaker.
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A small device implanted in the body that senses the heart's electrical activity and delivers electrical impulses to regulate the heart when its own rhythm is abnormal.
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Placed inside the body. Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICDs), pacemakers and stents are implanted systems.
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A surgical cut or wound produced in order to perform surgery. The incision becomes a scar after surgery..
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A tube through which fluids or objects can be introduced into or removed from the body.
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A condition in which a blocked artery prevents blood flow to the heart muscle, causing the tissue to die. Symptoms may include nausea, shortness of breath, and pain in the chest, arm, or neck. Also called myocardial infarction. It can result in cardiac arrest.
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A condition that stops the conduction of electrical impulses through the heart. May be caused by damage to cardiac tissue or by the disease process within the electrical impulse system. Condition may be intermittent or permanent.
: First-Degree Heart Block - Delay in the conduction of an atrial impulse to the ventricle through the AV-node characterized by a prolonged P-R interval on an ECG.
: Second-Degree Block - Intermittent blockage of atrial impulses at the A-V node. Conduction ratios are represented by the number of P-waves versus the number of ventricular responses in an ECG. Mobitz I is a type of second-degree heart block, also known as the Wenckebach phenomenon, in which the time between the atrial and ventricular contractions (P-R interval) becomes progressively longer until a P-wave is not conducted through the A-V node. Mobitz II is a type of second-degree heart block in which the time between the atrial and ventricular contractions is a consistent P-R interval, but an occasional P-wave is not conducted through the A-V node.
: Complete Heart Block - A pathologic condition in which intrinsic conduction is blocked at any level in the A-V junction. Also referred to as third-degree heart block.
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Another term for a heartbeat. The number of times the heart beats (completes a cardiac cycle of contraction and relaxation) in a minute. A normal heart rate typically ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute at rest.
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Valves within the heart that open and close automatically to control blood flow into, through, and out of the heart.
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