Dr Wajid Hussain - Consultant cardiologist, Lead for cardiology at Harefield Hospital, Director of the cardiac catheter labs at Harefield Hospital.Dr Shouvik Haldar - Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist.Dr John Foran - Consultant cardiologist.Professor Martin Cowie - Consultant cardiologist.Dr Julian Collinson - Consultant cardiologist.Dr Jonathan Clague - Consultant cardiologist.Dr Zhong Chen - Consultant cardiologist.Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care is home to a number of specialists who treat private patients in need of a pacemaker or defibrillator: Meanwhile, ICD patients will often be offered a special unit to take home, which can send information to the hospital about the device’s function without the need to visit.Ĭonsultants who fit pacemakers and defibrillators Patients with a pacemaker will be asked to visit the hospital from time to time. Permanent pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are checked every so often using wireless technology. Pacemakers are usually implanted under local anaesthetic, whilst defibrillators may be implanted under either local or general anaesthetic.
IS.THERE A DIFFERWNCE BETWEEN A DIFIBULATOR AND A PASSMAKER SKIN
Wires are positioned in the heart via a vein and connected to the device or ‘generator’ which is implanted under the skin of the upper part of the chest, most commonly on the left side. It is usually implanted for patients with cardiac arrhythmia who have already had a problem with certain types of dangerously fast heart rhythms, or are considered at high risk of such a rhythm. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)Īn ICD is similar to a pacemaker, but it is a slightly larger device. This type of pacemaker is usually implanted for patients with cardiac arrhythmia, whose heart beats too slowly at times. What are pacemakers and defibrillators? Permanent pacemakers
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