This will help to heart to get the electrical shocks needed for a normal heart beat. . The artificial pacemaker is surgically put into a muscular pocket on the chest wall. The artificial pacemaker is surgically put into a muscular pocket on the chest wall. The artificial pacemaker is a small device operated by battery that has electrode catheters. The electrodes are put into your vein and threaded through the vena cava, one goes to the right atrium, and one goes to the right ventrical. The doctor will observe this procedure while looking at the path of the electrodes by fluoroscopy. The electrodes are put into your vein and threaded through the vena cava, one goes to the right atrium, and one goes to the right ventrical. The doctor will observe this procedure while looking at the path of the electrodes by fluoroscopy the pacemakers are self-contained and can last up to 12 years. They can be fixed or a demand …show more content…
It can affect the rhythm of the heart. It is use to establish the right heart action of people who have episodes of a possible fatal ventricular fibrillation. The device is made up of a small power pack. It is about the size of a pager. Your doctor surgically implants this device into your chest wall near the clavicle and it attaches the electrodes that are throughout your veins. This puts it in a permeant position of the heart. Almost like an artificial pacemaker. The cool thing is that the device has a microcomputer that monitors your hearts rhythm and responds with a low shock for a minor problem or it can give you a high jolt almost like an external defibrillator