ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

YCT20104

PACEMAKER RHYTHM

HAMDAN IBRAHIM
What is a pacemaker?
A pacemaker is an electrically-charged medical device. Your surgeon
implants it under your skin to help manage irregular heartbeats called
arrhythmias.

Modern pacemakers have two parts. One part, called the pulse generator,
contains the battery and the electronics that control your heartbeat. The
other part is one or more leads to send electrical signals to your heart.
Leads are small wires that run from the pulse generator to your heart.

Pacemakers generally treat two types of arrhythmias:

tachycardia, a heartbeat that’s too fast

bradycardia, a heartbeat that’s too slow
Some people need a special type of pacemaker called a biventricular
pacemaker, or bivent. You may need a bivent if you have severe heart
failure. A bivent makes the two sides of the heart beat in sync. This is
known as cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
Types of Pacemakers
The type of pacemaker you may need depends on your
symptoms and the specific heart condition you have. After
our diagnostic evaluation, we discuss our
recommendations with you to choose the right pacemaker
for your needs.
Single Chambers Pacemaker
Dual Chambers Pacemaker
Biventricular Pacemaker
Single-chamber pacemaker
This type of pacemaker has one lead that
connects the pulse generator to one chamber of
your heart.
Single-chamber pacemaker to control heartbeat
pacing by connecting the lead to your right
ventricle (lower heart chamber) or connect the
lead to your right atrium (upper heart chamber) to
stimulate the pacing in that chamber.
Dual-chamber pacemaker
This device connects to both chambers (right atrium &
right ventricle)
This pacemaker helps the two chambers work together,
contracting and relaxing in the proper rhythm. The
contractions allow blood to flow properly from the right
atrium into the right ventricle.
Depending on the pacing needs of your heart, a dual-
chamber device may be an appropriate option for you.
Biventricular pacemaker
This pacemaker, also known as a cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) device, has three leads connected to the right atrium
and both ventricles. We use the biventricular pacemaker to treat
people with arrhythmias caused by advanced heart failure.
For many people with heart failure, the left and right ventricles do
not pump at the same time.
Coordinating the ventricles’ contractions helps your heart pump
blood more efficiently and can relieve your heart failure symptoms.
The treatment is known as cardiac resynchronization therapy
because it resynchronizes the ventricles’ pumping action.
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NASPE is the North American Society of

Pacing and Electrophysiology

BPEG is the British Pacing and

Electrophysiology Group
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