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Transcutaneous pacing — (also called external pacing) is a temporary means of pacing a patient s heart during a medical emergency. It is accomplished by delivering pulses of electric current through the patient s chest, which stimulates the heart to contract.The most… … Wikipedia
Pacing — may mean:* Pacing, a horse gait used in Standardbred horse races * Pacing, the even spreading out of athletes strength in longer distance track and field and swimming races, so that they don t burn themselves out * Pacing, an advanced… … Wikipedia
Transvenous pacing — Temporary transvenous cardiac pacing, also called endocardial pacing, is a potentially life saving intervention used primarily to correct profound bradycardia. It can be used to treat symptomatic bradycardias that do not respond to transcutaneous … Wikipedia
transthoracic pacing — a temporary method for cardiac pacing in which a hooked pacing lead is attached to the ventricular endocardium by insertion through the chest wall or epigastric area and then the ventricular wall; it is used in emergency situations, usually… … Medical dictionary
Artificial pacemaker — Cardiac resynchronization therapy and CRT (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) redirect here. For the device termed a CRT D, see Implanted cardiac resynchronization device. For other uses, see Pacemaker (disambiguation). A pacemaker, scale in… … Wikipedia
Cardioversion — Intervention ICD 9 CM 99.6 MeSH … Wikipedia
Paramedics in the United States — In the United States, a paramedic is the most advanced prehospital medical professional who responds to and treats medical emergencies and trauma outside of an emergency room. Paramedics typically provide treatment on scene and during… … Wikipedia
Defibrillation — View of defibrillator electrode position and placement. Defibrillation is a common treatment for life threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a… … Wikipedia
Dor procedure — In 1985, Vincent Dor, MD, introduced endoventricular circular patch plasty (EVCPP), or the Dor procedure, as a viable method for restoring a dilated left ventricle to its normal, elliptical geometry. The Dor procedure, which uses a circular… … Wikipedia
TCP — T complex protein; therapeutic carepsychosocial; therapeutic class profile; therapeutic continuous penicillin; thienyl cyclohexylpiperidine; thrombocytopenia; tibial hole coronal positioning; tissue culture treated plastic; tissue or tumor… … Medical dictionary
