Question 1

what are the advantages and disadvantages of pacemakers?

Accepted Answer

Function and quality: The advantage of pacemaker is to safe keep one's activity and quality of life -- and there is really no disadvantage - it is a simple procedure with instant benefit -- a good therapy if one needs it.

Question 2

what are some of the advantages of pacemakers?

Accepted Answer

Multiple: Pacemaker ensure that the heart rate does not fall below a minimum programmed value. Dual chamber pacemakers restore the coordination (known as atrioventricular synchrony) between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. Pacemakers can also function in a limited capacity as monitors of heart rate, rhythm, and in some cases, estimate the degree of heart failure.

Question 3

is there any side side effects of implanting 2  chambers pacemaker? what is the advantage of a single  and dual chamber?thank you

Accepted Answer

Dual: Chamber preferred if sinus rhythm present...No difference in potential complications.

Question 4

my grandfather is in his 80's and he will be having the battery on his pacemaker replaced. are their any major risks involved?

Accepted Answer

Not high risk : Generator exchange is not a high risk procedure. It is usually done with sedation and local anesthesia. Risks are mostly local e.g. Bleeding or infection.

Question 5

what are pacemakers?

Accepted Answer

Speed up heart: If your heart is beating too slow, a pacemaker sends a small electric shock to the heart making it beat faster. There is a batery and some electronic circuits which tell the pacemaker when your heart beats too slow.

Question 6

what is a pacemaker?

Accepted Answer

Heart device.: A cardiac pacemaker is a device that is implanted in the chest to permanently regulate heartbeat rhythms. The pacemaker monitors the heartbeat to make sure it is not beating too slowly, and when necessary transmits electric pulses to the heart to increase the heartbeat pace. Pacemakers are periodically replaced every several years when the battery runs out.

Question 7

can a pacemaker expire?

Accepted Answer

Battery life: Pacemakers have a battery or generator life.  The device does not 'expire' but it does come to end of life and the generator or body of the pacemaker must be replaced.

Question 8

how to test a pacemaker?

Accepted Answer

Pacemaker clinic: You need to go to pacemaker clinic at a hospital where they will "interogate" it. You cannot do it by yourself.

Question 9

how are pacemakers placed?

Accepted Answer

Minor surgical proce: Pacemakers are placed in a cardiac cath or surgical suite with the visual guidance of fluoroscopy (x-ray  visualization).  A pacing lead is placed into the heart after access to a vein in the arm, groin, neck, chest is obtained.  Specific electrical parameters of the lead are checked, then the lead attached to a pacemaker often embedded in the upper chest wall, where small incision is made.

Question 10

what are fixed pacemakers?

Accepted Answer

Fixed rate: I assume you mean fixed rate pacemakers. We don't use them anymore. The very earliest pacemakers just fired at whatever rate you set them, once a second if you set the rate to 60. That lead to chaos if the patient's inherent heart rate was not always real slow. So they made pacemaker's which sense normal beats and only fire if the rate gets slow. They are inhibited when a heartbeat is sensed.

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