WHAT IS CARDIO PACEMAKER ?

Heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) occur when the electrical signals produced by the heart that regulates your heartbeat do not function properly, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly. Age increases the likelihood of the occurrence of arrhythmias. It can occur in people who do not have heart disease though.

Some types of arrhythmias are harmless, although other types, such as ventricular tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), serious and even life-threatening.

Pacemaker represents one of the first and most pharmacological therapy is not successful for arrhythmias. Thousands pacemaker implanted pacemaker since first planted in 1958 by Elmquist and Senning. The drugs are no longer used except in very acute conditions before planting temporary or permanent pacemaker.

The pacemaker is a device used to regulate the heartbeat.

If you are found to have a heart rate is too slow, a pacemaker can be implanted in the body to replace these functions. This small electronic device automatically monitor and regulate heartbeat, by passing electrical signals to stimulate the heart when it beats too slowly.

Pacemaker consists of a pulse generator and pacemaker lead. Chambered pacemakers have only one single lead while two chambered pacemaker has one lead in the atrium and ventricle other. Indications pacemakers today are very advanced. Pacemaker indications are very important nevertheless remain clogged heart and sick sinus syndrome include 95% indication pacemaker implanted in Singapore. In a survey last pacemaker in 2005, planting 91 per million level. With the older population, we calculated that planting needs pacemakers in Singapore will increase. In Europe, Japan and US, planting nearly level 300-1000 per million.

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