Defibrillators are devices that use a large jolt of energy to reset the heart during episodes of sudden cardiac arrest. External defibrillators use paddles to shock the heart rhythm through the chest, but there are also implantable defibrillators which operate constantly, beat by beat of the heart, to defibrillate the heart instantly if it is required. Here is how and why defibrillators do what they do. [...]
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There is currently no cure for congestive heart failure, rather there are things that you can do to help lengthen your life and protect your heart from further injury. Treatment is a matter of changing your lifestyle and a mixture of drug therapy, which will alter your quality of your life. [...] Heart disease is a very common disease which is affecting approximately around more than 7% of the population. [...] If you’ve been told you need a pacemaker, it does not mean you are at increased risk for a heart attack. In fact, pacemakers are implanted to treat an irregular heart rhythm which actually has nothing to do with a heart attack. Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, can often be successfully treated with a pacemaker. [...] |
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