Question 1

what are the elements used in pacemakers?

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Several answers: There are several answers to this.  From the cardiologist, ep doctor or ct surgeon. First one meets the criteria for pacing. Next  several companies have their reps hold the device with them and hospitals hold them. We use routine venous sheaths to access the vein and flexible wires to guide wires to the heart then through techniques position the leads and secure device or pacemaker to them.

Question 2

what are pacemakers used for?

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A few things...: Keeping the heart rate from going to slow - in heart block - preventing passing out, changing how the heart muscle contracts to prevent outlow tract obstruction - like in hocm, and occassionally to prevent people from passing out - like in severe neurocardiogenic syncope.

Question 3

what is used to make pacemakers?

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Pacemakers: Pacemakers are used to sense the heartbeat and if no heartbeat is detected, an electrical impulse to stimulate the heart is provided.  Therefore, components of a pacemaker are 1. Sensor 2. Power supply to deliver an electrical impulse 3. Leads that connect the body of pacemaker to the heart. Current day pacemakers are very small, almost size of a large coin.  Circuitry is inside a titanium can.

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?

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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

do you know are plutonium pacemakers still being used?

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Nuclear pacemakers: To the best of my knowledge nuclear powered pacemakers have not been used for many years. They were made in the mid 1970s and only a few hundred were implanted.

Question 6

what are pacemakers?

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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 7

what is a pacemaker?

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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 8

can a pacemaker expire?

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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 9

how to test a pacemaker?

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

Question 10

how are pacemakers placed?

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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.

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