Biventricular Pacemaker Surgery
This pacemaker, also known as a tool for cardiac resynchronization (CRT) therapy, has three leads connected to the right atrium and both ventricles. We use the biventricular pacemaker to treat people with heart failure-induced arrhythmias.
The left and right ventricles will not pump at the same time for a lot of people with heart failure. Doctors program the biventricular pacemaker to coordinate the contractions of the ventricles, so that they both pump together
Coordinating the contractions of the ventricles makes the blood flow more effectively and can relieve the symptoms of your heart failure. The procedure is called cardiac resynchronization therapy, because it resynchronizes the pumping action of the ventricles.
