{"id":664,"date":"2025-08-26T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drdezsi.at\/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-pacemaker\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:23:29","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-of-a-pacemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drdezsi.at\/en\/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-pacemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Purpose of a Pacemaker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"664\" class=\"elementor elementor-664 elementor-392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a9c8e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a9c8e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55c9ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f55c9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Purpose of a Pacemaker?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c516217 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c516217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ceec7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b2ceec7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec4763 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eec4763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:40}},&quot;motion_fx_opacity_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_level&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the event of a heartbeat that is too slow or pauses, a pacemaker keeps the rhythm stable. Depending on the model, it can also have a defibrillator (ICD) or heart-strengthening function (CRT). It is implanted under local anesthesia in the shoulder area \u2013 and usually you can go home the next day.  <\/p><p><b>MICRA<\/b>: a tiny capsule pacemaker that is inserted directly into the heart via a catheter.<\/p><p><b>LBBP<\/b>: a modern pacemaker implantation with heart-strengthening effect, performed with detailed ECG control. <\/p><p><i>Fun Fact:<\/i> I was one of the first users of LBBP pacemaker technology in Lower Austria.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of a heartbeat that is too slow or pauses, a pacemaker keeps the rhythm stable. Depending on the model, it can also have a defibrillator (ICD) or heart-strengthening function (CRT). It is implanted under local anesthesia in the shoulder area \u2013 and usually you can go home the next day. MICRA: a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drdezsi.at\/en\/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-pacemaker\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the Purpose of a Pacemaker?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nicht-kategorisiert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the Purpose of a Pacemaker? - Kardiologe Wien | Kardiologie in Wien &amp; Schwechat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drdezsi.at\/en\/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-pacemaker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Purpose of a Pacemaker? - Kardiologe Wien | Kardiologie in Wien &amp; Schwechat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the event of a heartbeat that is too slow or pauses, a pacemaker keeps the rhythm stable. 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