difference between cardioversion, defib and pacing
What is the difference between Cardioversion and Defibrillation? â¢ Defibrillator is an emergency life-saving procedure done in ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and cardiac arrest while cardioversion is done to correct supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular reentrant tachycardia, atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation.
There are three main types of pacemakers. Single chamber pacing is a method where one lead is inserted into the atrium or the ventricle. Dual chamber pacing is a method where two pacing leads go into the heart. One goes into the right atrium while the other goes into the right Ventricle. This is very similar to the natural electrical signal generation. Rate responsive pacing changes the pacemaker discharge rate according to body requirement.