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If conduction between the atria and ventricles is blocked, for example, but a physiological P-wave is still present and can be recorded in the long term by an atrial electrode, the atrial signal is used to time the stimulation of the ventricle with the reestablishment of the physiological contraction sequence. The atrial activity is sensed, and after a delay corresponding to the normal AV conduction time, the ventricle is paced so that the ventricular contraction it elicits occurs in the normal physiological relation to the atrial events.
Multiprogrammable single-chamber pacemaker, assembled unit (Biotronik Neos). Figure 28. Hybrid circuitry of multiprogrammable pacemaker using chip-and-wire technology (Biotronik Nanos). Pacemaker Technology 56 The high quality of these monolithic circuits and of their hybrid structure has been clinically proven in more than 500,000 implants. 9 h·1 for IC's and passive components has been achieved [43]. In pacemaker technology, reliability cannot be realized by the usual methods of redundancy of critical circuits and components since this would entail increased power consumption.
Mll lIolobolie Emo1 10ßI ' BODY PROCESSES FEEDBACM; Figure 23. Cardiovascular control process including different rate-responsive pacemaker concepts. to the systemic circulation. The systemic circulation is closely managed by numerous feedback control processes that are collectively listed in the lower box as hemodynamic, thermal, metabolie, emotional, and homeostatic processes. Deviations from set va lues [center left box], which requires adjustments in cardiac output are effected via pathways listed in the center box.