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It happens that a pacemaker recipient be shocked continually by the leads?
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Pacemaker: When the device is pacing it is delivering small shocks to the heart to stimulate contraction, if its pacing continually it is shocking continually, this is well tolerated.
Answered 3/3/2014
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