Assertion: pacemaker's wire | /r/Synonym | lead
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text: The ICD — about twice as big as the tablespoon-sized pacemaker — is similarly implanted under the skin near your shoulder and connected to the heart by wires called leads.
text: The wires are known as leads or electrodes.
text: The pulse generator is attached to one or more wires called leads.
text: These wires, called leads (pronounced leeds), are designed and built to flex and move freely when the arm or shoulder nearest the pacemaker or ICD moves.
text: Wires, called leads, run from the device into the heart using veins as the natural pathway.
text: The wires (also called leads, pronounced leeds) that deliver tiny pulses of electricity to the heart usually stay where a doctor places them.
text: Through an opening made below the collarbone, insulated wires (also known as leads) are inserted into a large vein and attached to the chambers on the right side of the heart.