This page contains information of pacing and ICD therapy and two
stories of typical patients. Many patients have questions about their devices
or how their life will change with their device. Hopefully you'll get some
answers here...
- Pacemaker
Frequently Asked Questions
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A list of frequently asked pacer questions and
their answers. There are also links here to some of the major
pacer manufacturer web sites.
- Implantable Defibrillator Frequently
Asked Questions
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A list of frequently asked defibrillator questions and their
answers. There are also links here to some of the major ICD manufacturer
web sites.
- A patients Story of
Cardiac Pacing
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A story of an actual patient in our practice
and his experience with his pacemaker.
- A patients Story of
An ICD Implant
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A story of an actual patient in our practice
and his experience with his ICD
- Pacer/ICD
clinic
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A description of our ICD/Pacer clinic and how patients with these devices are followed
- Post-Operative
Instructions
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A guide to our patients on care of the incision
and other advice for the first month after an implant of a pacemaker
or defibrillator
- Pacing
and Congestive Heart Failure
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A description of a new and exciting research
protocol we are involved in investigating the use of bi-ventricular
pacing (ie pacing both sides of the heart at the same time) to improve
the symptoms of congestive heart failure
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