Thermal effects on the myocardium in contact with the electrode implanted pacemaker during surgery using electrocautery

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Authors: Fedotov N. M., Tyagunov A. E., Nechay T. V., Sazhin A. V.

Annotation: We determined the possibility of the mechanism of the thermal effects on the myocardium in contact with the electrode in the use of electrocautery, which is confirmed by computational and physical experiments and clinical observations.

Keywords: electrocoagulators, pacemaker, electrode, myocardium, thermal effects