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    • A pacemaker as seen on cardiac angiography
    Rights: Carter Newton (MD)Thomas F Heston (MD) Published 21 July 2007 Size: 44 KB Referencing Hub media

    This is a pacemaker as seen on cardiac angiography. Angiography is a graphical record of the heart muscle1 action.

    1. muscle: The tissue that makes it possible for an animal to move and to maintain its posture. Muscles also make the heart beat, force blood to circulate and move food along the digestive system. The human body has more than 600 muscles.

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      2. The tissue that makes it possible for an animal to move and to maintain its posture. Muscles also make the heart beat, force blood to circulate and move food along the digestive system. The human body has more than 600 muscles.

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