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Pacemakers can supply exogenous impulses to the heart when native automaticity fails. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators can usually perform all the functions of a pacemaker in addition to cardioversion, antitachycardia pacing, and defibrillation when necessary.
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Mankowitz, S. (2018). Pacemakers and Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators. In: Mankowitz, S. (eds) Consults in Obstetric Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59680-8_116
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