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PACTOT: A Reprogrammable Software Pacing System
Author(s) -
DASSEN WILLEM R. M.,
STELD ALBERT,
BRAAM WILLIAM,
DULK KAREL,
GORGELS ANTON P. M.,
BRUGADA PEDRO,
WELLENS HEIN J. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1985.tb05862.x
Subject(s) - medicine , software , ventricular pacing , reliability engineering , medical emergency , cardiology , operating system , computer science , engineering , heart failure
The long battery life in modern pacemakers has created the need for pacemakers in which all the parameters can be changed and updated. The availability of such a system has potential advantages: new pacing techniques can be programmed without reoperation; the number of different pacemaker systems in stock in a hospital can be reduced to this reprogrammable unit; and, finally, this system can be of great help in designing and evaluating new pacing strategies.