- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
The amount of blood circulating throughout the body, typically about 5 liters for an adult.
Industry:Medical devices
Usually refers to an intrinsic heart rate that is not being paced. For adults, the typical heart rate is about 70 bpm.
Industry:Medical devices
A slow heartbeat, typically less than 60 beats per minute. It may be caused by the sinoatrial (SA) node not working properly, or by a condition called heart block. Can be considered normal or abnormal.
Industry:Medical devices
A method of treating a slow or irregular heartbeat by periodically stimulating the heart with small electrical pulses.
Industry:Medical devices
An arrhythmia characterized by alternating periods of bradycardia (slow rhythms) and supraventricular tachycardias (rapid rhythms) in patients with S-A node dysfunction.
Industry:Medical devices
The nerve pathways that supply the electrical stimulation to the left and right sides of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A group of conduction fibers that descend from the atrioventricular (AV) node to the bundle branches.
Industry:Medical devices
