Admin_NHT Staff asked 6 years ago A pacemaker is battery operated devised used to correct irregular breathing of heart. A pacemaker is approximately 30 gram in weight having two parts one is a generator with battery to control heartbeat and another are leads which contain wires which connect heart and generator. A pacemaker is implanted under the skin. Implantation of pacemaker is carried out in 60 minutes. Two types of pacemakers are used one is transcutaneous pacemakers and transvenous pacemakers.
- Uses: – Artificial pacemakers are useful in severe heart failure, bradycardia, and tachycardia.
- Procedure: – Patient must have to tell about their medication to the physician before surgery. The day before surgery physicians may ask to clean your body with a special soap. The patient must have to take care to do not swallow anything for six hours before surgery. A small incision is made below the collarbone for the placement of a pacemaker. By using live X-rays physician put leads into the incision into the veins it transfer into the heart. These leads connected to the generator. The incision closed with the stitches. Placement of an artificial pacemaker is a one-day procedure.