- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A method of treating a slow or irregular heartbeat by periodically stimulating the heart with small electrical pulses.
Industry:Medical devices
An arrhythmia characterised by alternating periods of bradycardia (slow rhythms) and supraventricular tachycardias (rapid rhythms) in patients with S-A node dysfunction.
Industry:Medical devices
The nerve pathways that supply the electrical stimulation to the left and right sides of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A group of conduction fibres that descend from the atrioventricular (AV) node to the bundle branches.
Industry:Medical devices
Tiny blood vessels whose walls are so thin that oxygen, nutrients, and waste products flow through them.
Industry:Medical devices
A procedure that neutralises (or ablates) the specific cells in the heart that cause an arrhythmia. Also called cardiac catheterization.
Industry:Medical devices
A electrical problem in the heart - "sudden" cardiac arrest can lead to sudden cardiac death. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is not the same as a heart attack.
Industry:Medical devices
An abnormal heartbeat. Types of arrhythmias include tachycardias (fast heartbeats) and bradycardias (slow heartbeats).
Industry:Medical devices
A test in which a small tube (catheter) is inserted through the veins or arteries and into the heart to measure pressure, take blood samples, and test for abnormalities in the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
