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Pacemaker Battery Life

My father has had his pacemaker in place for about 5 years now. His physician suspects that the battery is at the end of it's life. How long typically do these batteries last before needing replacement?

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Phil


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Battery life.
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The lifetime of the battery is usually 4 to 8 years, but depends greatly on how often every hour and every day the heart uses it. Using noninvasive testing it is possible to determine how close a pacemaker battery is to its end of life, and the battery should be changed well before this.
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