Pacemaker is a device that sends small electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate or to stimulate the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). A pacemaker may also be used to treat fainting spells (syncope), congestive heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
You may need a temporary (short-term) or permanent (long-term) pacemaker. A temporary pacemaker is normally inserted through a vein in the neck and remains outside your body. A permanent pacemaker is placed in your chest or abdomen. This topic focuses on permanent pacemakers.
Many people with pacemakers can return to their regular activities within a few days. You may need to avoid certain electrical devices or devices that have strong magnetic fields.
Who Needs a Pacemaker?
The most common reason why I would recommend a pacemaker implant is to treat symptoms of slow heart beats (bradycardia) and heart block (block in electrical conduction, not blockages in the artery that causes heart attack which is a different condition). Bradycardia is a heartbeat that is slower than normal. Heart block is a disorder that occurs if an electrical signal is slowed or disrupted as it moves through the heart. Heart block can happen as a result of aging, damage to the heart from a heart attack or other conditions that disrupt the heart’s electrical activity. Some nerve and muscle disorders also can cause heart block, including muscular dystrophy. What is the latest development in pacemaker? Recently, a leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) has been developed which is a tiny device with a screw or fangs at its end which is left inside the right-side heart chamber (the right ventricle) and it does both the function of the wire and generator. Such a system is implanted through a key-hole surgery from the vein in the top of your leg and you won’t have any scar or obvious pacemaker box in your chest as with the conventional pacemaker. However, this is not suitable for all people and can only be used to pace the lower chamber of the heart (single chamber pacemaker) if you need pacing of both the upper and lower chambers of the heart this device will not be suitable for you. So we help you in this all procedure so call us now.