At the heart of our bodies, the heart beats in rhythms, delivering blood to the whole body. However, there are times when there is a problem with the beating of the heart, when a special “assist” — the pacemaker — may be needed. It’s like the “momentator” of the heart, helping the heart to return to normal.
The pacemaker is an implant electronic device. It consists mainly of pulse generators and electrodes. Pulse generators are like a small “battery box” with batteries and complex circuit systems that generate pulse signals. The electrode conductor is connected to the pulse generator at one end, and the other is implanted into the heart through an intravenous vein, which is responsible for transmitting the pulse generated by the pulse generator to the heart, stimulating its muscles to constrict and thus allowing the heart to beat at the established frequency.
Who needs a pacemaker? The most common are patients suffering from a pathological syndrome. This type of patient suffers from an abnormal function of a “natural pacemaker” of the heart, the normal distribution of a telecommunications number to activate the heart beat, or the slow frequency of the distribution of a telecommunications number, which leads to a hysteria and can be characterized by dizziness, weakness, blackness or even fainting. There are also patients suffering from room transfer retardation, which means that the transfer of the cardiac telecommunications from the heart room to the heart room is hampered, that the heart room is not properly receiving the telecommunication signal, and that it can cause a hysteria or arrhythmia, which seriously affects the blood pumping function of the heart and deprives the organs of the body of adequate blood supply. In addition, a number of patients suffering from myocardiology and congenital heart disease may require a pacemaker to improve their heart function.
What’s with the pacemaker implant? In general, this is a relatively safe operation that requires strict operating regulations. The patient usually operates under a local anesthesia, where the surgeon first makes a small cut on the skin surface of the patient ‘ s chest, then sends the electrodes slowly to the heart along the veins of the veins through the puncture vein, usually under the collarbone, and keeps the electrodes precisely at specific parts of the heart, such as the right-heart or the right-heart. The pulse generator is then placed in a bag under the chest skin, then the electrode conductor is connected to the pulse generator and fixed, and finally sews to the skin cut. The whole operation takes about 1-2 hours. After the operation, patients need to observe at the hospital for some time to ensure that the pacemaker works properly, that the wound is healed and that there are no complications such as infection.
What needs attention to be paid to a patient’s life after a pacemaker has been installed? First, every effort should be made to avoid close proximity to the strong magnetic and electric fields in daily life, as these may interfere with the normal work of the pacemaker. For example, do not stay under high voltage towers for long periods of time, do not approach MRI equipment (some new pacemaker is now compatible with MRI, but need to be careful) and use mobile phones at a distance above 15 cm, etc. Patients can normally carry out some routine activities such as walking, housework, etc., but avoid intense physical activity and massive physical collisions, leading to pacemaker displacement or damage to electrodes. In terms of medical care, patients must inform the doctor that they have a pacemaker, such as X-ray, ultrasound, etc., which is generally safe before performing some of the examinations or treatments, but special consideration and adjustment is required for treatments such as electrofibration, radio-frequency digestion, etc. In addition, patients are required to visit the hospital regularly for a pacemaker follow-up examination, and doctors are required to test, through specialized instruments, the battery capacity of the pacemaker, the working state of the electrodes, and the suitability of the parameters of the pacemaker, etc. The initial post-operative follow-up visits will be more frequent and, over time, if the pacemaker works steadily, the follow-up interval can be gradually extended, without neglecting the periodic examination.
Cardiac pacemaker has become an important means of treating heart diseases such as heart disorders in modern medicine. It has brought new life and vitality to countless patients whose heart beats abnormally, so that they can live as normal people and be free from heart disease. As technology continues to improve, pacemakers are also developing, their functions are becoming stronger and smaller in size, and implants are becoming more safe and convenient to protect the health of people with heart diseases.
