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Who Needs Dual Chamber Pacemaker?

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Who Needs Dual Chamber Pacemaker?

Dual chamber pacemakers are used to treat bradycardia and atrial fibrillation associated with bradycardia. Bradycardia is an abnormally slow heartbeat

slow heartbeat
Epidemiology. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2011 that 15.2% of adult males and 6.9% of adult females had clinically-defined bradycardia (a resting pulse rate below 60 BPM).
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with 60 or less beats per minute.

What is a dual chamber pacemaker for?

The doctor programs the dual-chamber pacemaker to regulate the pace of contractions of both chambers. This pacemaker helps the two chambers work together, contracting and relaxing in the proper rhythm. The contractions allow blood to flow properly from the right atrium into the right ventricle.

What is the difference between a single and dual pacemaker?

The difference between single and dual chamber pacemakers is essentially in the fact that a single chamber pacemaker has only one lead implanted (typically in the right ventricle) and a dual chamber has two, one in the atrium and one in the RV.

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