How risky is it to install a pacemaker

Pacemakers are currently the best way to solve many cardiac surgical diseases. However, because people know little about pacemakers, when doctors suggest the need to install pacemakers, patients are always unable to make up their minds to accept treatment, which leads to delays in disease treatment. In fact, what patients are most worried about is the risk during the installation of the pacemaker and whether it has any side effects. In order to give you enough understanding of pacemakers, we will analyze the risks of installing a pacemaker.

A pacemaker is an electronic therapeutic device implanted in the body. It emits electrical pulses powered by a battery through a pulse generator. The electrical pulses are conducted through wire electrodes to stimulate the myocardium that the electrodes contact, causing the heart to become excited and contracted, thereby achieving the purpose of treating heart dysfunction caused by certain arrhythmias. The main side effect is that some patients may experience decreased heart function, especially those who are pacemaker-dependent or already have heart failure. After the operation, you must pay close attention to the surgical incision to prevent infection. It will be troublesome if the wound cannot heal. Then you need to go to the hospital regularly to adjust the frequency of the pulse generator.

Pacemaker surgery has risks but can often be avoided

No matter what causes the slow heartbeat, it can lead to cerebral ischemia and insufficient blood supply to various organs of the body, causing the patient to experience symptoms such as palpitations, weakness in the limbs, decreased physical strength, dizziness, blacking out, fainting, and even rapid arrhythmia, leading to sudden death of the patient. These diseases have a great impact on the patients' lives and work, their quality of life is low, and their lives are often threatened by the diseases. After the pacemaker is implanted, the heart's ejection function is corrected, the amount of blood pumped out by the heart to the periphery increases, and the blood supply to major organs is improved. The patient's symptoms such as palpitations, limb weakness, dizziness, and syncope are significantly relieved. Some patients even feel that their condition has improved immediately.

Pacemaker implantation can improve heart function and significantly relieve chronic heart failure caused by slow heart rate and some symptoms caused by heart failure. Pacemakers can also reduce the likelihood of sudden death due to a slow heartbeat. Studies have shown that after a pacemaker is installed, patients’ physical activity ability increases, their quality of life significantly improves, and the patient’s work and life may even return to normal levels. There is no significant difference in the average survival age of patients after pacemaker implantation compared with normal people.

Knowing the risks of installing a pacemaker and understanding its side effects, I believe that patients must understand the benefits of pacemakers. In order to ensure health after installing a pacemaker, family members must pay attention to keeping the patient in a good mood and not let any extreme joy or sorrow affect the patient, causing the patient's heart rate to be too fast.