title: Pacemaker architecture: a pacemaker with an attached computer or a computer with an attached pacemaker.
abstract: Microprocessors have a major impact on cardiac pacemaker technology. The development of adaptive systems capable of responding to physiologic variables will ultimately improve the care of the individual patient. However, in order to minimize power drain, it will be necessary to incorporate certain functions into the hardware outside the microprocessor. In addition, specifically designed program languages may indeed become necessary.
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D003201:Computers; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012984:Software