CARDIAC PACEMAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac pacemaker mean? 

• CARDIAC PACEMAKER (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC PACEMAKER has 1 sense:

1. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC PACEMAKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC PACEMAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cardiac pacemaker; pacemaker; SA node; sinoatrial node

Hypernyms ("cardiac pacemaker" is a kind of...):

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

 Context examples 

An electrocardiographic finding in which the ventricular rhythm is controlled by an electrical impulse from an artificial cardiac pacemaker.

(Paced Ventricular Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding that the cardiac rhythm is initiated by a cardiac pacemaker generated electrical impulse in the ventricle.

(Paced Ventricular Rhythm without Intrinsic Ventricular Complexes, NCI Thesaurus)

If your arrhythmia is serious, you may need a cardiac pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

(Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators, NIH)

A cardiac pacemaker where the generator is implanted inside the body.

(Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding in which the cardiac rhythm is controlled by an electrical impulse from an artificial cardiac pacemaker.

(Paced Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding in which the atrial rhythm is controlled by an electrical impulse from an artificial cardiac pacemaker.

(Paced Atrial Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A implantable cardiac pacemaker with an additional third lead placed in the left ventricle that is designed to keep the contractions of the ventricles synchronized with each other.

(Biventricular Pacemaker, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding in which both the atrial and ventricular rhythm are controlled by an electrical impulse from an artificial cardiac pacemaker.

(Paced Atrial And Ventricular Rhythm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Also called artificial pacemaker and cardiac pacemaker.

(Pacemaker, NCI Dictionary)

Also called cardiac pacemaker and pacemaker.

(Artificial pacemaker, NCI Dictionary)