HCMCity (VNA) - Thu Duc District Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City implanteda double-chamber pacemaker in the body of a 51-year-woman who had an abnormallyslow heart rate on March 23.
Thepatient, from the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan, was brought to thehospital on March 21 with symptoms of dizziness and fatigue. The woman said shecould not do any daily activity.
Resultsof a 24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) showed that she had a slow heart rate of40 beats per minute compared to the normal rate of 60 or more per minute. Inthis situation, cardiac arrest can sometimes occur within six seconds.
Thedoctor said that her slow heart rate was caused by a sinus node dysfunction.
Aftercounselling from the doctor, the patient agreed to surgery which lasted 90minutes. She is expected to be discharged within several days.
Compared to single-chamber pacemakers, thedouble-chamber pacemaker helps hearts beat more regularly. They are used inpatients with an abnormally slow heart rate, according to the hospital’sdoctor.-VNA
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