Hello! I have heart arrhythmia and my cardiologist told me that I need surgical intervention. To be precise, my cardiologist told me that I need to implant defibrillator. He told me that implanted defibrillator will prevent heart arrhythmia and improve my condition. But, I am afraid a little bit. Could I have side effects from implanted defibrillator?
Hello! Each medical treatment or surgery can cause some side effects, but this does not mean that you should not implant defibrillator. Possible side effects from implanted defibrillator are: pulses from defibrillator are delivered when they are not needed, so, you can feel unpleasant (you can even feel pain). Some rare side effects are infection after surgery, bleeding, etc.