Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corp.'s Cardiac Pacemaker Business (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 698-056, March 1998.
Battery life depends on how frequently the heart requires the pacemaker to initiate heartbeats. Pacemaker wires occasionally need to be replaced if they fracture or if the insulation wears down after ...
This enables the ventricles to contract together. Sometimes, the rhythm of the heart's natural pacemaker process becomes disrupted - a person's heart beats abnormally. It can be abnormally slow or ...