Pacemaker Surgery
Health Encyclopedia: Pacemaker
A pacemaker is a small, battery-operated device that helps the heart beat regularly and at an appropriate rate.
Alternative Names
Artificial pacemaker; Permanent pacemaker; Internal pacemaker; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; CRT; Biventricular pacemaker
Information
A pacemaker generally has two parts:
- Generator - contains the battery and the information to control the heartbeat
- Leads - wires used to connect the heart to the generator and send ...
Expert & Community Posts
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinsons May Help Anxiety
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...stimulation involved surgery and implantation of a pacemaker in their chest, which was then... Read more »
New Guidelines for Low Back Pain Treatment
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...sufferers of low back pain, including recommendations on surgery and other invasive therapies.... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Answers Your GERD Questions
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...nonvalvular cardiac devices such as defibrillators and pacemakers. These recommendations are... Read more »
Get the Word on Overactive Bladder - Get Your Life Back!
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...implant of a device that functions much like a heart pacemaker to regulate signals from the... Read more »
Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistive Depression
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...hailed by some sections of the media as the, ‘brain pacemaker for depression', deep brain... Read more »
Health Guide
Heart Pacemakers and ICD's Patient Guide
...devices monitor heart rhythm and deliver appropriate electrical therapy when certain arrhythmias occur. Pacemakers and ICDs can be effective in extending and improving the lives of heart patients.... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Traveling with Health Problems
...There are no restrictions after angioplasty, assuming you are not experiencing chest pain.Implanted pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators can trigger metal detectors, so patients should have a... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure: Surgery and Recovery
...around the ventricles of the heart.After a few weeks, these relocated muscles are conditioned with a pacemaker to behave and beat as if they were heart muscles.Initial tests indicated that the... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Complications
...produces very high mortality rates, treatment advances in hypertension, heart surgeries, and heart pacemakers are now improving survival rates in patients with severe heart... Read more »Parkinson's Disease: Surgery
...neurostimulation, an electric pulse generator controls symptoms. The generator is similar to a heart pacemaker. It sends electrical pulses to specific regions of the brain. Candidates for surgery... Read more »Images
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November 07, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breathing may seem like a mindless bodily function, but new research shows the mind is actually more involved in breathing than... Read summary »
Headphones and Pacemakers
November 10, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People may want to use extra caution when listening to music with mp3 headphones if they have implantable cardioverter devices... Read summary »
Beta-Blockers and Post-Surgery Deaths
October 24, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients who are given beta-blockers around the time of a non-cardiac surgery could be at an increased risk of suffering a... Read summary »
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