can a pacemaker extend someone's life for a long long time?

Answer 1

Depending on the underlying pathology of heart and other organs, the pace maker prolongs life for a long time or may be a
normal life span.

Answer 2

If they have an arrythmia, they can certainly benefit from a pacemaker. The latest pacemakers pace both ventricles, with the appropriate delay between the right side and the left. This avoids problems with dyssynchrony that were observed with earlier models. Most also include an imbedded defribrillator (ICD) that will shock the heart back into a good rhythm if it detects tachycardia (an indication of atrial or ventricular fibrillation).

The latest pacemakers are also much smaller than they used to be (about the size of three stacked silver dollars), and are typically inserted into a pocket made in/under the pectoral muscle, so they probably can not be seen externally.

The leads for the pacemaker are placed into the heart through the veins (which are much larger than arteries and can easily handle having a little wire running through them).

Typical pacemaker life is 5-10 years, depending on if you require full-time pacing or just on-demand. The leads typically last about 10 years, give or take, but there is no fixed "expiration". (Some fail right away due to poor placement... you want to find doctors that implant a lot of them.)

Answer 3

Of course it can ! Pacemaker if installed properly in a proper person suffering conduction defect than it surely works life time ! It is meant for to keep maintain heart rate and also in rhythm !Only thing is they have to under go pacemaker checking every three month as this device occasionally gets some problem and this can be corrected if we detect it in time ! Such pacemaker check up is done every six month for life time and when ever necessary battery should be changed !Always YouRsmE

Answer 4

Its amazing what a pacemaker can do. It will need attention after ten or so years since biofilms will certainly reduce its effectiveness.

Answer 5

Yes it certainly can. A friend of my mother's had one at age 50. She is almost 65 now and is in perfect health.

Answer 6

yes!!