ventricular demand inhibited pacemaker
- ventricular demand inhibited pacemaker
- an artificial cardiac pacemaker that delivers stimuli to the ventricle at a fixed rate in the absence of sensed ventricular activity; spontaneous cardiac activity causes inhibition of pacemaker output, termination of the current stimulation cycle, and initiation of a new cycle. Called also VVI p.
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