Artificial pacemaker

This article is about a medical device which electrically stimulates the heart. For a similar device that stimulates the brain, see brain pacemaker.

Pacemaker naming code

The NASPE/BPEG generic (NPG) code is a pacemaker naming convention originally developed in 1974 that uses a 3-5 letter code to describe the main features of an artificial pacemaker. Each of the 5 positions signifies a particular

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aspect of pacemaker functionality. Using this scheme, a designation of VATOO would describe, for example, a pacemaker that sensed the atria and paced the ventricles in a triggered mode with no rate response or multisite pacing.

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Table I. The Revised NASPE/BPEG Generic Code for Antibradycardia Pacing

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