This noon, Mirtha Legrand will undergo a procedure
through which they will place a "latest generation" pacemaker and there are many speculations about it.
Here, what this method is for and how is the intervention that will be performed.
"Hello! I want to tell you that in order to remain active as I like, and because I always bet on life, I decided together with my doctors to install
a state-of-the-art pacemaker that properly regulates my heart rate
," the diva had announced one week ago.
And clarified: "(It was) something that had already been discussed after the placement of the stents a while ago. I made the decision together with my family and my medical team. It will be an
outpatient intervention
."
Mirtha Legrand's statement.
On that occasion, both she and her grandson, Nacho Viale,
took it upon themselves to deny that this situation was the reason that was delaying their return to television
.
"I ask you for peace of mind and
not to mix my professional issues that have nothing to do with this decision
," the diva of lunches had explained, in fact.
For this reason, as a result of all these speculations,
Nacho Viale
, the diva's producer, had also shared a message on Twitter clarifying the goals:
"Nothing puts anything on hold!", he launched.
Tweet by Nacho Viale.
And he added:
"Everything is perfect, everything is programmed and ambulatory.
The wait is because
there is no negotiation that is advancing with the channel last year, not because of this."
What is a pacemaker and what is it used for?
Also known as a cardiac pacing device, it is a
small device that is implanted in the chest to help control the heartbeat
and prevent the heart from moving too slowly.
Its main function is
to guarantee a minimum heart rate.
The heart of an adult at rest should beat between 60 and 100 times per minute under normal conditions.
When there is
bradycardia, it beats less than 60 times per minute
, which can be a
serious problem
, since it does not pump enough blood to oxygenate the entire body.
"
This is implanted in a 'pocket' that is made under a muscle of the thorax,
mainly the pectoral muscle, and from there the cables come out internally and are going to be inserted into a vein that, ultimately, will reach the heart" , responded to
Clarion
cardiologist Mario Boskis, member of the SAC.
What are the "latest generation" pacemakers?
"Currently,
pacemakers allow us to store a large amount of data
, from the most basic information that tells us what percentage of the time the heart was paced, to more sophisticated information in which the different types of arrhythmias that the patient could present are recorded and stored. It
is equivalent to having a Holter record placed 365 days a year,"
said Claudio Militello, also a former director of the Council of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias of the SAC.
How is a pacemaker placed?
"The intervention is generally low risk, often it is done under local anesthesia
," Boskis said about instruments of this type that carry cables.
The procedure usually takes between an hour and an hour and a half, he estimated.
And he added that many times patients remain hospitalized for 24 hours for control.
Whereas,
leadless pacemakers are smaller and generally require simpler interventions
to implant.
The procedure is characterized by being
minimally invasive and is performed by moving the device through the femoral vein located in the
patient's leg to his heart, where it is finally inserted to stay there, explained the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC).
"This is an
intervention that takes minutes and enables the patient to resume his normal life immediately the next day
," said the FAC.
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