1. More than two million people, about half in the United States, from newborns to centenarians, now use pacemakers. 2. Now dual chamber pacemakers are used in treating a common abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation. 3. Obuchi has a history of cardiac trouble, and uses a pacemaker to stabilize his heartbeat. 4. Pacemakers are used to accelerate a heart that beats too slowly. 5. Pacemakers are used to restore a normal heart beat. 6. Pacemakers are widely used to speed up hearts that beat too slowly. 7. Pacemakers are widely used to zap hearts that beat too slowly or irregularly into a normal rhythm. 8. Pinochet has diabetes and arthritis, uses a pacemaker and has suffered several mild strokes in the last two years. 9. Pinochet suffers from diabetes, uses a pacemaker and has had three mild strokes. 10. Guinea had undergone heart operations and used a pacemaker. |