Since heart disease is a leading killer in America, pacemakers have gained a reputation as real lifesavers. Review these facts on pacemakers:

• Pacemakers are medical aids used by patients with heart disease.

• Heart failure is triggered when the heartbeat is unable to process the normal volume of blood and oxygen to send it to other area of the body.

• A Battery-powered device, pacemakers transmit signals to the heart so that the aorta beats properly.

• Annually, nearly, 100,000 pacemakers are implanted in the United States

• Pacemakers play an integral role in maintaining a healthy heart as well as a lifestyle.

• There are a myriad of medical conditions pacemakers are prescribed.

• Pacemaker patient users transcend sex, age and race

• Artificial pacemaker is a diminutive, battery-operated device that assumes the some of the heart's electrical system when necessary.

• Components of the pacemaker include wire or a lead electrode system

• Prevalently, pacemakers are recommended for patients diagnosed with Bradycardia (a rhythm problem associated with pacemaker implantation).

• The medical symptoms associated with bradycardia include: dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, and even fainting spells.

• Cardiologists recommend pacemakers to patients with arterial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder in an erratic pattern. (Upper chambers of the heart beat either beat too fast or slow in a chaotic pattern.

• Although pacemakers are not deemed as serious as open-heart surgery, the procedure necessitates local anesthesia. A diminutive incision is made in the chest.

• The surgical procedure of pacemakers ranges from 45 minutes, to an hour and a half

• There are few risk associated with pacemaker implantation; however, there are potential complications associated with the procedure

• Dislodged or displaced pacemakers rarely occur

• Rarely, a lead can become d, and the patient would have to go back to have the lead repositioned by the physician