A metal box with the battery and generator goes under your skin through an incision ... What’s more, the pacemaker monitors the heartbeat and activates only when it needs to.

This helps you relax and helps prevent pain. The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through ...

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

You need surgery to get a pacemaker. The device is placed under the skin near the collarbone." During a news conference Friday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed the last event noted on ...

In all, 280 measurements were taken at distances ranging from direct skin contact over, to 3 cm away from, the implanted cardiac devices. Magnetic interference was observed in all patients.

Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

The lead extends to the pacemaker, which is fitted between the skin of the upper chest and the chest muscle. The fitting of artificial pacemakers is one of the most common types of heart surgery ...