Heart palpitations are a common side effect of pacemaker placement, which can be a very uncomfortable feeling for people. In this case, it is the same as stents, but it is even more pronounced because the pacemaker system is placed in the heart of the patient.
While it is true that stents can cause heart palpitations, the way they are placed is so new and so advanced that they take years to fully develop. If they don’t cause your heart to stop, they can actually make things worse. So in that sense, they are better or even worse than stents. Because the pacemaker itself is not invasive, it is usually a simple matter to put one in.
It is true that pacemaker systems are much more benign than stents, but there is a caveat here. While a pacemaker may be less invasive than a stent, they are still invasive. That means that there is a risk of complications if the pacemaker is not properly placed. The pacemaker can cause some complications as well, such as stroke, which can be life threatening.
In a recent survey of over 30,000 patients, about 40% of stents and pacemakers had problems, such as stent dislodgement or arrhythmia. So while it is true that pacemakers are a lot less risky than stents, we still know that they are not perfect. In fact, we know that it is not just the pacemaker system that can have complications, but also the stent itself.
When the pacemaker is implanted, it is placed through the surface of the heart. So technically, you can be stung by a pacemaker, so long as the pacemaker is not placed too deep, which usually means somewhere in the anterior wall of the heart. There are other places to implant the pacemaker, such as in the right atrium, under the left atrium, but we don’t discuss them here.
This is because, even though many pacemakers are implanted in the surface of the heart, they are not designed to be placed in the anterior wall. The reason for this is that they use a different approach to delivering the pacemaker, called “double-chop,” which is essentially how they are implanted. The pacemaker is placed in one of two ways: through the surface of the heart or under the skin.
The first is known as the “surface-based procedure” and basically means just the placement of the pacemaker. However, the second method is called the “skin-based procedure” and means the pacemaker is delivered under the skin instead of the surface. This method is becoming more popular because it is less invasive, it works better in the long run, and it is less likely to cause scarring.
Most people who have stents are not concerned about the risk of scarring. However, people who have scarring are usually not concerned about the risk of death. This is because they are concerned with the possibility of death. So the question becomes, what is the difference? Is there a difference between death and not? The answer is that the difference is not that there is more risk of death if the pacemaker is delivered under the skin.
The problem is that most stents are placed under the skin, meaning that a large proportion of the healing process happens after the pacemaker is implanted. The next question is, is that the risk of death? The answer is no. There is no increased risk of death associated with being in a ventricular fibrillation arrest or having a stent placed in the right side of the heart.
Yes, there is a small risk of death from having a stent placed in your heart. However, the risk is small enough that it’s not a concern. But, a stent is not as small a risk as it sounds.