Background: Conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after heart surgery occur in about 1.5% of patients. Early pacemaker implantation may reduce morbidity and ...

After being contacted by the Herald ... where she would likely receive surgery to place a pacemaker. A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that uses electrical pulses to help the heart ...

We therefore recommend pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery for patients who are pacemaker dependent after surgery and whose spontaneous rhythm does not recover by postoperative day 5.