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Re: Bobs lil Mila getting a great xmas present!!!!! 

By: capt_nemo in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
Tue, 24 Dec 19 9:08 AM | 24 view(s)
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This is what I read last night Mayo clinic.

A pacemaker is a small device that's placed under the skin in your chest to help control your heartbeat. It's used to help your heart beat more regularly if you have an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), particularly a slow one. Implanting a pacemaker in your chest requires a surgical procedure.

Types of pacemakers
Depending on your condition, you might have one of the following types of pacemakers.

Single chamber pacemaker. This type usually carries electrical impulses to the right ventricle of your heart.
Dual chamber pacemaker. This type carries electrical impulses to the right ventricle and the right atrium of your heart to help control the timing of contractions between the two chambers.
Biventricular pacemaker. Biventricular pacing, also called cardiac resynchronization therapy, is for people with heart failure with abnormal electrical systems. This type of pacemaker stimulates the lower chambers of the heart (the right and left ventricles) to make the heart beat more efficiently.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/pacemaker/about/pac-20384689




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Re: Bobs lil Mila getting a great xmas present!!!!!
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Tue, 24 Dec 19 9:05 AM 		Msg. 47647 of 62138

Nemo:

Re: "MY understanding a pacemaker goes under the skin and they plug it into the heart."I think pacemakers often go into the abdomen - which is much easier for the patient. Wires extend to the heart.

OCU and I had external pacemakers. All that had to be removed were the wires. It's an interesting sensation when they pull 'em out. Just a little painful, but not bad. If you saw how long they are, I think you'd be shocked. One of my wires was about a foot and a half long. It hurt over near my right lung.
What was it doing over there???

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