Pacemarkers and Heart Waves

Recent advances in scientific research have led to the development of man-made pace makers to assist a failing heart. The technological pacemaker is surgically inserted in the chest by medical doctors to deliver steady and regular electric impulses to a defective heart. The device can help stabilize the electric conduction system when the natural pacemaker cells are not functioning properly. When there is power failure in your heart due to disease or malfunction, everything else in the body ceases to function, blood flow to organ tissues stops, every other system in your body shuts down, and life ceases. You are dead! No amount of oxygen will restore your life unless your heart’s electricity is restored. That’s why the doctor checks the heart first before he or she pronounces a person dead. The ability of the heart to function effectively is affected by several diseases. The major disorder that affects the electrical property of the heart is called cardiac arrhythmia which may cause heart failure. Signs and symptoms of arrhythmias include palpitations, chest discomfort, shortness of breath, dizziness, and fainting. It was calibrated by Jesus to beat at a certain rate. Abnormalities in the electrical functions of your heart and its electrical potentials can be detected by electrocardiogram (EKG), a procedure that records electrical changes in the heart. In medical practice, clinicians utilize the EKG for detection and diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias, heart attacks, electrical conduction abnormalities, electrolyte disturbances, cardiac stress tests, and screening for various heart diseases. Your heart waves are measured with the aid of an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG). The electrocardiogram is a safe and non-invasive test that records the electrical activity of your heart over time. The device is used by doctors and nurses to check for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. The EKG measures your heart waves by recording your heart’s electrical activity into line tracings on paper. Your heart waves are represented by the spikes and dips in the line tracings. The paper tracings are then interpreted by trained cardiologists, physicians, nurses, and clinicians.