Sentence examples for pacemaker electrode from inspiring English sources

Surface electrocardiography reflects electrical activity of the entire heart while the pacemaker electrode contacts the external cardiac muscle directly and senses only the electrical excitation of surrounding cells.

The contralateral internal jugular vein provided access for the placement of a pacemaker electrode.

Microbiologic culture of the pacemaker electrode performed at a different institution yielded abundant growth of staphylococci that were misidentified as S. warneri, showing the same biochemical profile as the previously isolated bacteria as determined by the ID 32 Staph system.

† Includes: otiitis (73), pneumonia (37), urinary tract infection (27), paranasal sinusitis (23), endocarditis (7), pyelonephritis (4), acute bronchitis (4), tonsillitis (3), parappharyngeal abscess (2), cholecystitis (2), peritonitis (2), ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (2), dental abscess (2), scrotal abscess (1), psoas abscess (1), i.v. catheter (1), pacemaker electrode infection (1).

A cardiac catheter, passed into the heart through an artery or vein (the incision is often in the groin), can also carry pacemaker electrodes.

The F.D.A. review was recommended by the Government Accountability Office in 2009 as part of an examination of the regulatory status of electroshock and about 20 other less controversial medical devices, like pacemaker electrodes and implanted blood access devices for hemodialysis.

However, the tensile behaviour of leads may differ between manufacturers and between ICD and pacemaker electrodes.

The patient wears a pacemaker linked to electrodes implanted in some brain nuclei.

(By comparison, the typical pacemaker — which has two electrodes that sit inside the heart and are attached by wires to a battery that is implanted in the chest and must be replaced every five to ten years — seems like a form of punishment).

Some designs beam energy to a receiving coil in an implanted device, and others use an external pacemaker that wirelessly stimulates an electrode implanted in the heart.Another possibility is to scavenge energy from the natural processes occurring in the patient's body.

An epilepsy patient could have a pacemaker for the brain: An electrode array like Donoghue's could pick up signals that lead to a seizure, and a stimulator could fire and reset the brain before the seizure takes hold.