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Posted on Jan 25, 2005, 1 p.m.
By Bill Freeman
Pacemakers are medical devices implanted into a patient to help prevent a slow heartbeat. Each year, more than 250,000 Americans are diagnosed with too slow or too weak of a heart rhythm. These patients suffer dizzy spells, blackouts and fatigue. Up until now, all pacemakers have been analog. However, there is a new pacemaker that is digital.
Pacemakers are medical devices implanted into a patient to help prevent a slow heartbeat. Each year, more than 250,000 Americans are diagnosed with too slow or too weak of a heart rhythm. These patients suffer dizzy spells, blackouts and fatigue. Up until now, all pacemakers have been analog. However, there is a new pacemaker that is digital.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/health/011905_hs_pacemaker.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/health/011905_hs_pacemaker.html
