antitachycardia pacemaker

antitachycardia pacemaker
an implanted pacemaker that terminates tachycardia by delivering one or more pacing stimuli; it may require arrhythmia detection and device activation by the patient or may detect arrhythmias and deliver stimuli automatically.

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