[英文释义] A device designed to stimulate,by electric impulses,contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).
When the first artificial pacemakers for the human heart were developed about 30 years ago, the sole objective was to save the patient from unpredictable sudden death 当首批心脏起搏器在大约30年前问世时,其唯一的目的就是使患者免遭意外的猝死。
Contraindications documented hypersensitivity 。 adams-stokes syndrome and wolf-parkinson-white syndrome; severe sinoatrial, av, or intraventricular block ( if artificial pacemaker is not used ) 禁忌症:由过敏史者。阿斯综合征,沃-帕-怀综合征,严重窦房结.房室结传导阻滞或室内阻滞患者禁用。