The Circulatory System
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood through your lungs, your brain and the rest of your body – this is called the circulatory system.
What is the Sinus rhythm
The normal heart rhythm. The sinus node regularly sends out signals into the atria – calmly when we are at rest and faster when we are active
What makes your heart pump? – The Electrical Impulses
The sinus node is occasionally called the “natural pacemaker” of your heart. It sends out electrical impulses, called the sinus rhythm.
How Pacemakers Treat Heart Failure
When a heart’s ability to pump is impaired, it can be necessary to implant a special type of pacemaker that can stimulate both the right and left ventricles simultaneously.
What Is An ICD?
A cardiac arrest is a life-threatening arrhythmia in which the heart’s pumping function stops – and thus no blood comes out to the body’s organs
How Does A Pacemaker Work?
A pacemaker is used if a patient’s heart rate is too slow. There can be a number of different reasons for this…
A little about the heart
The heart consists of four chambers – two atria (one atrium) and two ventricles (one ventricle). The heart simultaneously pump “old” deoxygenated blood