Related Directory Categories
Sources
open directory project
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Pacemaker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Pacemakers)
Pacemaker may refer to:
- Cardiac pacemaker, a group of cells within the heart that together initiate contractions and set the pace of beating
- Artificial pacemaker, a device implanted to provide proper heart rhythm when the body's natural pacemaker does not function properly
- Biological pacemaker, use of transplanted cells or genes which act as cardiac pacemaker or transform existing cells into pacemaker cells
- Brain pacemaker, a device which sends electrical impulses to the brain in order to relieve depression, epilepsy and other conditions
- Diaphragmatic pacemaker, a device used to help patients breathe through pacing of the diaphragm
In other uses:
- National Pacemaker Awards, America's highest honors in the world of high school and collegiate journalism, awarded to publications and broadcast media by the National Scholastic Press Association and the Associated Collegiate Press, respectively
- Pacemaker (track) or pacer, a competitor who enters a race with little or no intention of winning, but purely to set a fast pace for other competitors to follow
- A backing musician in the group Gerry & the Pacemakers
- Pacemakers are a Division 2 BYBA marching band
- Tonium Pacemaker, a pocket-sized DJ system
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |