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If somebody install a cardiac pacemaker, how to avoid exclusion from immune system?
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Pacemakers: Electronic pacemakers are not organic so aren't bothered structurally by immune response. Inflammatory reaction in the area of the leads can change sensing and pacing thresholds.
Answered 7/11/2016
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