Bundle branches

Bundle branches

The nerve pathways that supply the electrical stimulation to the left and right sides of the heart.

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Industry/Domain: Medical devices
Category: Cardiac supplies
Company: Boston Scientific
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bundle branch

Health care; Heart disease

Part of the electrical pathway of the heart that delivers electrical impulses to the ventricles of the heart. The bundle divides or branches into a right bundle and the left ...

bundle branches

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The nerve pathways that supply the electrical stimulation to the left and right sides of the heart.

bundle branch block

Health care; Heart disease

Normally, the electrical impulse travels down both the right and left bundle branches at the same speed and the ventricles contract at the same time. If there is a block in one ...

bundle branch block

Medical; Health care; Medicine

A form of heart block in which the electrical stimulation of heart ventricles is interrupted at either one of the branches of bundle of his thus preventing the simultaneous ...

left bundle branch of his

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The left bundle branch of His splits into anterior and posterior hemifascicles.

bundle-branch block

Health care; Diseases

A form of heart block in which one ventricle is excited before the other because of absence of conduction in one of the branches of the bundle of His.

instructions for use

Biotechnology; Health care; Life Sciences; Medical; Biochemistry; Biofuel; Biomedical; Behavioral science

"a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it" Essential Requirements - Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC - Annex I, 13.1: Each ...

description

Biotechnology; Health care; Life Sciences; Medical; Biochemistry; Biofuel; Biomedical; Behavioral science

description a statement presenting something in words, from verb describe

scar

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An area of tissue that has healed after tissue destruction has occurred. It is electrically inactive. Electrically inactive tissue cannot transmit electrical signals.

sensing

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The monitoring function of an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator system that allows the device to detect the heart's natural electrical activity.

sensor

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The part of an implanted system that detects the body's need for a different heart rate. The system uses sensor information to provide the proper heart rate.