Double Chamber Pacemaker Surgery
A pacemaker is a small device that’s placed under the skin in your chest to help control your heartbeat. It’s used to help your heart beat more regularly if you have an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), particularly a slow one. Implanting a pacemaker in your chest requires a surgical procedure.
With two leads this system links the right side of your heart to both chambers, the right atrium and the right ventricle. The physician programs the dual-chamber pacemaker to control the speed of both chambers contractions.
This pacemaker allows the two chambers to work together, to contract and to relax in the right rhythm. The contractions allow blood to properly flow into the right ventricle from the right atrium.
A dual-chamber system can be an suitable choice for you, depending on your heart’s pacing needs.