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I'm just wondering, if you have a cardiac pacemaker, can you have a heart attack or go into cardiac arrest?
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Yes: Pacemaker does not protect against heart attack or cardiac arrest.
Answered 4/7/2013
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Yes: The pacemaker will keep functioning with electrical stimuli when the detected pulse is below set rate. Heart attack- muscle death can happen. If it happens at site of pacer contact to heart, the pacer can fail to stimulate.
Answered 2/1/2021
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