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There is more chance of a heart attack. A pacemaker regulates the patients heartbeat.

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What is the relationship between the heartbeat and the pacemaker?

The Pacemaker ensures that the heart has a steady rhythm without any cause for a breakdown or skip in the beat.


When does nodal rhythm occur?

Usually in patients with a pacemaker, it happens in the atrioventricular node.


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What happens when the battery dies in a pacemaker?

When a new battery is required, the unit can be exchanged in a simple outpatient procedure.


How has a pacemaker made a difference in health care?

The pacemaker changed the world for medical reasons. Before, the 1st pacemaker would be portable and would have to be plugged into an outlet. This changed the population of people that have bradycardia. The pacemaker improved as the years went on. Later on it was implantable and had batteries. Today, the pacemaker also can be charged from the outside without getting surgery to replace the battery due to the new technology that we have today.


What is the meaning of VVI mode?

pacemaker is a pacemaker


Did the pacemaker have an effect on the world?

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What happens if a person does not get a pacemaker who needs it?

Cardiac arrythmias.. Sometimes life threatening cardiac arrythmias. Inneficient cardiac out put and death.


What are the effects of an AED to a pacemaker?

It would likely fry the pacemaker


Inplanted as treatment to control atrial fibrillation?

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What complications occur with an old pacemaker leads left in a body after the pacemaker is replaced?

the answer is in the question. if the pacemaker is replaced the leads are used for it.


Can defibrillator be use if a person has a pacemaker?

Yes, the pacemaker is obviously malfunctioning. Just try to not place the pad directly over the pacemaker. Typically however this is not a problem as a pacemaker is usally located near the left shoulder and the pads go on the right shoulder and left side.