A pacemaker is a vital device implanted in the chest to regulate abnormal heart rhythms Read on to know if your pacemaker is ...

People having surgery to repair tight or leaking heart valves may receive a pacemaker more often than necessary—leading to a ...

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More than three million people across the world are living with a pacemaker - a device placed in your chest or abdomen that sends electrical pulses, helping the heart to beat at a normal rhythm.

We therefore recommend pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery for patients who are pacemaker dependent after surgery and whose spontaneous rhythm does not recover by postoperative day 5.

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With second-degree heart blocks, some signals from the atria (upper chambers of the heart) do not reach the vestibules (lower ...

Background: Conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after heart surgery occur in about 1.5% of patients. Early pacemaker implantation may reduce morbidity and ...