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Can a heart pacemaker stimulate the vagus nerve and cause other problems?

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No: Cardiac pacemakers maintain and encourage normal heart rhythms, and are used to treat abnormal heart beat patterns. The vagus nerve is stimulated by a vagal nerve stimulator used over the left vagus, which does not have cardiac innervation, and this device helps control seizures.

Answered 1/15/2013

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