Assertion: pacemaker's lead | /r/CapableOf | traverse venous system
Facets:
value: to contact myocardial tissue
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Although significant advances in pacing technology were developed over the next 50 years, including multichamber pacing, rate responsiveness, device size reduction, internet-based remote monitoring, and marked increases in battery longevity, the basic system paradigm of an extravascular pulse generator connected to 1 or more leads that traverse the venous system to contact myocardial tissue would not change for 50 years (Central Illustration).