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 ...

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.

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 ...