title: Ask the doctor. I just got a pacemaker for a slow heartbeat. The idea that I am going to need to have the pacemaker changed when the battery runs out bothers me. Can I do anything to make my battery last longer?
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013997:Time Factors