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After surgery, 11 patients were extubated in the operation room and the rest were extubated within 4.

One cross-sectional multicenter study showed that LV pacing especially apical and lateral wall pacing were associated with the best preservation of LV function, which appears to be related to preserved mechanical synchrony and contraction efficiency [].

Although clinicians often attempt to restore and maintain sinus rhythm in patients with HF and AF, studies have demonstrated no significant difference in morality between strategies of rate control versus rhythm control in patients with and without HF Wyse et al.

Lead or be led: An update on leadless cardiac devices for general physicians.

SureScan pacemakers are MR Conditional and FDA approved for safe use in the magnetic resonance imaging MRI environment.

This usually occurs when the pacing rate and the intrinsic rate are similar.

Biventricular pacing, also called cardiac resynchronization therapy, is for people with heart failure with abnormal electrical systems.

The need in some patients for a system that avoids the use of transvenous leads has been long recognized.

Crista terminalis and pulmonary vein ostia are common sites for focal AT in right atrium and left atrium, respectively Teh et al.

Implanting a pacemaker in your chest requires a surgical procedure.

In rare cases, the ICD can become infected and is usually bacterial in origin but other organisms such as certain fungi have occasionally been implicated.

Pacemakers work only when needed.