More details to follow.â Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) July 17, 2014. Nine Britons, 23 US citizens and 80 children are reported to be among the 298 people killed when a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed near the eastern Ukraine border on Thursday.
A cardiac ___ is a battery-powered device that is implanted under the skin and wired to the SA node in the heart. pacemaker An ultrasound procedure that directs sound waves through the heart to evaluate heart function is called?
Wires from the device are threaded through veins and into your heart. Electrodes at the end of the wires are attached to heart tissues. The pacemaker monitors your heart rate and generates electrical impulses as necessary to maintain an appropriate rate.