Types
Number of traditional pacemakers
What is three?
These are the components of a pacemaker.
What are pulse generator, leads, and electrodes?
T/F: Collapsed lungs are a risk of pacemakers.
True
The first pacemaker was invented in this year.
What is 1952? The first pacemaker was invented by Paul Zoll, an American cardiologist.
Current pacemakers use this type of battery.
What is lithium?
Single chamber and dual chambers carry these types of impulses to the right atrium and/or right ventricle of the heart.
This part of the pacemaker helps send pulses to your heart.
What are wires?
What percent of pacemaker implants are not successful?
What is one percent?
The first implantable pacemaker was invented in this year.
What is 1958? Invented by Swedish doctor and inventor, Rune Elmqvist.
Wires inside the pacemaker are also referred to as this word.
What are leads?
This type of pacemaker is used for people with heart failure that have abnormal electrical systems. In addition, this pacemaker simulates just the ventricles in order to make the heart beat more efficiently.
What are biventricular pacemakers?
This part of the pacemaker helps create and regulate pulses.
What is pulse generator?
This syndrome occurs when the pacemaker only simulates one ventricle.
What is Pacemaker Syndrome?
Earlier pacemakers originally paced this part of the heart.
What is the ventricle?
This city was the birthplace of the creator of the first external pacemaker.
What is Boston?
What are wireless pacemakers?
This part of the pacemaker senses your heartbeat.
What are electrodes?
Damage to blood vessels or _____ near the pacemaker is a risk of the implant.
What are nerves?
Dual chamber pacemakers were invented in this year and for this reason.
What is 1976, and the atrium?
Doctors may ask you to avoid heavy lifting, and putting your arms above your head for this reason.
What is dislocation of the pacemaker?
ICD stands for these phrases.
What is implantable cardioverter defibrillator?
The implanter cardioverter defibrillator is used to treat this type of heartbeat, when life-threatening.
What are arrhythmias?
Allergic reactions most commonly occur due to these things during the pacemaker implant surgery.
What is dye or anesthesia?
This type of crystal allowed for rate responsive pacemakers to increase heart rate with activity.
What is piezoelectric crystal?
In 1994, the pacemaker technology was sold to this organization.
What is St. Jude Medical?