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Descriptor English: Pacemaker, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Marcapaso Artificial
Descriptor marcapasos artificial
Scope note: Dispositivo diseñado para estimular, por impulsos eléctricos, la contracción de los músculos cardíacos. Puede ser temporal (externo) o permanente (interno o interno-externo).
Descriptor Portuguese: Marca-Passo Artificial
Descriptor French: Pacemaker
Entry term(s): Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker
Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers
Artificial Pacemaker
Artificial Pacemakers
Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial
Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial
Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac
Pacemakers, Artificial
Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac
Tree number(s): E07.305.250.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010138
Scope note: A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).
Annotation: coordinate disease with / ther, not / surg for treatment with pacemaker
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10326
Unique ID: D010138
NLM Classification: WG 26
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Pacemaker, Artificial - Preferred
Concept UI M0015732
Scope note A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).
Preferred term Pacemaker, Artificial
Entry term(s) Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker
Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers
Artificial Pacemaker
Artificial Pacemakers
Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial
Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial
Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac
Pacemakers, Artificial
Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac



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