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PACTOT: a reprogrammable software pacing system.

W R Dassen·A van der Steld·W van Braam·K den Dulk·A P Gorgels·P Brugada·H J Wellens
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The long battery life in modern pacemakers has created the need for pacemakers in which all the parameters can be changed and updated. The availability of such a system has potential advantages: new pacing techniques can be programmed without reoperation; the number of different pacemaker systems in stock in a hospital can be reduced to this reprogrammable unit; and, finally, this system can be of great help in designing and evaluating new pacing strategies.

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W R Dassen, A van der Steld, W van Braam, K den Dulk, A P Gorgels, P Brugada, H J Wellens. 1985. PACTOT: a reprogrammable software pacing system.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1985.tb05862.x

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