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Temporary pacemaker regulates heart rhythm then completely disappears

Physics World

The research team – headed up at Northwestern University and The George Washington University – describe the innovative device in Nature Biotechnology. The pacemaker also includes flexible W/Mg extension electrodes connected to dissolvable metallic contact pads, which attach to the myocardium to deliver the electrical stimuli.