PACTOT: a reprogrammable software pacing system.
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.
Dassen
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van der Steld
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van Braam
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den Dulk
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Gorgels
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Brugada
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Wellens
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D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012984:Software