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Pacemaker, Artificial
| Medical Definition: | A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external). |
| Guide Notes: | may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external); coord dis with /ther, not /surg for treatment with pacemaker |
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