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2. Artificial cardiac pacemaker - Wikipedia

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   However, a patient who has several pacemaker replacements over a decade or two in which the leads were reused may require lead replacement surgery. Lead replacement may be done in one of two ways. Insert a new set of leads without removing the current leads (not recommended as it provides additional obstruction to blood flow and heart valve ...

3. Cardiomyoplasty - Wikipedia

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   Cardiomyoplasty is a surgical procedure in which healthy muscle from another part of the body is wrapped around the heart to provide support for the failing heart. [1] Most often the latissimus dorsi muscle is used for this purpose. A special pacemaker is implanted to make the skeletal muscle contract.

4. Cardiac pacemaker - Wikipedia

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   An artificial cardiac pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the natural cardiac pacemaker) or just pacemaker is an implanted medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to the chambers of the heart either the upper atria, or lower ventricles to cause the targeted chambers to contract and ...

5. Left atrial appendage occlusion - Wikipedia

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   The device can be retrieved and redeployed multiple times in a single procedure without replacing the device or delivery sheath. Other devices exist to occlude the left atrial appendage from the inside of the heart such as the Wavecrest device [ 24 ] and the Lariat device. [ 25 ]

6. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device that provides support for cardiac pump function, which is used either to partially or to completely replace the function of a failing heart.

7. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   A pacemaker Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (a device that shocks your heart into a normal rhythm when needed) Electric cardioversion (a shock to your heart to restore its rhythm)

8. Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals He Had Surgery to Install ...

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   In the weekly note, the 76-year-old actor shared that he had undergone surgery to have a pacemaker put in, after a lifelong battle with a genetic heart condition."Last Monday, I had surgery to ...

9. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...