2007-01-18 07:23:22 · 6 answers · asked by frdwl0000 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
No, it doesn't. A pacemaker does exactly what it sounds like - it paces your heart rythem. Pacers are for people that have very low of high heart rates or arrhythmia, (an irregular heart beat). Whe you have an enlarged heart, nothing can 'fix it', if the problem that is causing the enlarged heart is repaired and if the heart hasn't dialated out to 180% it will shrink slowly with time. If it is past 180% it is irreversable damage and can cause many problems.
2007-01-18 08:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by Your Momma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately no. When the heart is enlarged, people usually have congestive heart failure with all the alphabet soup letters that goes along with that. A pacemaker regulates the beat of your heart. Most of the time the heart isn't beating fast enough, and people faint. The pacemaker detects this slow pulse and paces it faster.
2007-01-18 07:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by bflogal77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. a pacemaker simply offers the impulse to keep the heart beating. But the only way to decrease the size of an enlarged heart is through surgery.
2007-01-18 07:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, heart muscle does not "shrink" back after it has been damaged/diseased. The pacemaker is just that, it is the electrical current for a poorly working heart.
2007-01-18 11:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Molly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most increases in heart size are due to failure (CHF) and no, not even surgery will decrease its size. A pacemaker will only regulate the rate to beating.
2007-01-18 07:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by ada 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there have been countless recollects on those issues. they had to make some adjustments on mine, and resyncronization must be just about instantaneous. i think of you ought to get to the physician!!!
2016-10-31 11:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋