Minute ventilation

Minute ventilation

The total respiratory volume over one minute. In some adaptive-rate pacemakers, sensors detect changes in minute ventilation to indicate changes in metabolic need that result in an increase or decrease in the paced rate.

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