The retrospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised data of patients aged up to 16 years who underwent epicardial dual chamber permanent
pacemaker insertion via xiphisternal incision between April 2011 and August 2016.
The global market for implantable
pacemaker products is anticipated to see moderate, single-digit growth throughout the forecast period covered by this analysis (2017-23).
As per the American Heart Association, a
pacemaker is a small battery-operated device which helps the heart beat in a regular rhythm.
Most basic
pacemakers are about the size of a tablespoon.
Each of the five cardiac patients had an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, that met standard criteria for
pacemaker implantation and have since recovered and are doing well, according to the medical center.
Keywords: Complete heart block, Indications, Permanent
pacemaker.
Around 10 per cent of people over the age of 70 have a
pacemaker implanted, and approximately one million
pacemakers are implanted annually, providing electrical stimulation to regulate a patient's heartbeat.
Approximately a million
pacemakers are annually implanted in patients to provide electrical stimulation to regulate heartbeat.
Most lead fractures occur in the
pacemaker pocket or between clavicle and the first rib mainly due to compression of a lead lateral to the entry site between soft tissues muscles and ligaments.
He had a history of dual chamber
pacemaker insertion 12 years ago for complete heart block in an outside hospital.
Now, a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to the Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute is helping investigators move closer to their goal of developing a biological
pacemaker that can treat patients afflicted with slow heartbeats.
The patient had a history of VVI
pacemaker implantation for complete atrioventricular (AV) block following 3-vessel bypass surgery for coronary artery disease before 10 years.