Cardioversion is a low-energy shock delivered at the same time as a heart beat after a sequence of ATP impulses fails to restore normal heart rate. Bradycardia pacing is needed when the heart beats too slowly bradycardia. Electrical impulses will speed the heart rate.
Defibrillation will stop a severely abnormal heart rhythm by delivering a high-energy shock. Defibrillator implant surgery Defibrillators usually are implanted through small incisions in the skin, near the collarbone. After defibrillator implantation Following surgery, you need to visit the electrophysiologist for routine follow-up visits.
During each visit, the defibrillator will be checked by a programmer device that will indicate: Whether the defibrillator is working properly. Current settings. Whether it has delivered corrective signals to the heart. How much energy remains in its battery. You can eat your normal diet. If your stomach is upset, try bland, low-fat foods like plain rice, broiled chicken, toast, and yogurt. Drink plenty of fluids unless your doctor tells you not to. Your doctor will tell you if and when you can restart your medicines.
You will also get instructions about taking any new medicines. If you take aspirin or some other blood thinner, ask your doctor if and when to start taking it again. Make sure that you understand exactly what your doctor wants you to do. Take pain medicines exactly as directed.
If the doctor gave you a prescription medicine for pain, take it as prescribed. If you are not taking a prescription pain medicine, ask your doctor if you can take an over-the-counter medicine. Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen Advil, Motrin , naproxen Aleve , or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs unless your doctor says it is okay.
If you think your pain medicine is making you sick to your stomach: Take your medicine after meals unless your doctor has told you not to. Ask your doctor for a different pain medicine. If your doctor prescribed antibiotics, take them as directed. Do not stop taking them just because you feel better. You need to take the full course of antibiotics. Keep the area clean and dry. Ask your doctor when you can shower or take a bath.
If you have strips of tape on the incision, leave the tape on for a week or until it falls off. Wash the area daily with warm, soapy water, and pat it dry.
Don't use hydrogen peroxide or alcohol, which can slow healing. You may cover the area with a gauze bandage if it weeps or rubs against clothing. Check with your doctor before you start an exercise program. Your doctor may recommend that you work with a physiotherapist to learn how to exercise safely with an ICD. Carry your ICD identification card with you at all times. The card should include the ICD manufacturer and model information.
Your ventricles pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. These four chambers of your heart contract in a timed sequence to pump blood throughout your body. This is called a rhythm. Each node sends out an electrical impulse in a timed sequence. This impulse causes your heart muscles to contract. First the atria contract, and then the ventricles contract.
This creates a pump. Heart rhythm problems in your ventricles are very dangerous because your heart can stop pumping. An ICD is a small device implanted in your chest. The main part, which is called a pulse generator, holds a battery and tiny computer that monitors your heart rhythms.
If your heart beats too fast or irregularly, the computer delivers an electric pulse to correct the problem.
Wires called leads run from the pulse generator into specific areas of your heart. These leads deliver the electric impulses sent by the pulse generator. Your doctor may also ask you to stop taking certain medicines, such as aspirin or those that interfere with blood clotting.
Before the procedure, be sure to tell your doctor about the medications, over-the-counter drugs, and supplements you take. An ICD implant procedure is minimally invasive. After making small incisions, the doctor guides the leads through a vein and attaches them to the specific parts of your heart muscle.
An X-ray monitoring tool called a fluoroscope may help guide your doctor to your heart. They then attach the other end of the leads to the pulse generator. The doctor makes a small incision and places the device in a pocket of skin on your chest, most often under your left shoulder.
The procedure typically takes between one and three hours. Seattle Children's Olympia Clinic Seattle Children's Tri-Cities Seattle Children's Wenatchee Clinic Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.
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