Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Difference between pacemaker and icd?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
See Below: A pacemaker triggers your heart beat when it gets too slow..Paces. An icd also has a back up pacemaker but can deliver a shock to the heart when it is an irregular rhythm.
Answered 3/14/2019
5.5k views
A Few Things: All icds are pacemakers, but not all pacemakers are icds. Pacemaker can beat the heart and protects against slow rhythms. A defibrillator can also deliver shocks that can stop a fast rhythm (many of which can be fatal). They are always larger than pacemakers for this reason. Icds also generally have more advanced circuitry, though the gap between the two is closing quickly.
Answered 10/17/2013
5.5k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Grandpa has CHF and an icd pacemaker. Has hurt his back. Can he use a lidocaine patch? He takes heart meds also. Thank you.
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
I have CHF (EF 30-35) and I have an ICD (Pacemaker/defibrillator). I take Effexor for depression. Can I still use Viagra for ED?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What is the difference between a defibrillator and a pacemaker?
9 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
I have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an implanted pacemaker and defibilator. I was wanting to know if it is okay to get tattoos. Not over the icd.
I have a pacemaker (icd) can I saftley make a tattoo? The machine can cause problems for the icd if I do it on the same side as the pacemaker?
Grandpa has an icd+pacemaker. Is it safe to wear big headphones to listen to music? I am concerned about the magnets in the headphones... Thank you!
Please inform me, is the dual chamber pacemaker is contraindication with atrial fibrilation? What the best pacemaker for AF people? Better ICD or PPM?
I have just had a change on my icd/pacemaker due to battery wear. I am in persisten a-fib/flutter with an AF burden at 80, based on device interrogati?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
