Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing ...

In this article, we explore: What a pacemaker is How a pacemaker works What conditions may require one What to expect before, ...

Advanced second- or third-degree AV block, with symptomatic bradycardia ... pacemaker therapy. Pacemaker implantation reasonable Congenital third-degree AV block beyond the first year of life ...

Men who perform well in the cross-country ski race Vasaloppet are at increased risk of having abnormally low heart rates and ...

Prince Buttons underwent the life-saving surgery in April, after a slow heartbeat, known as bradycardia ... a few donkeys in the world to have a pacemaker fitted Mrs Hart took Buttons to Rainbow ...