• How long is the recovery time for a pacemaker placement?

My father is going to have a pacemaker placed very soon and he's 69 years old. How long is the recovery time after a pacemaker is placed?

3 Answers

  • Cardiologist | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • Burbank, CA

Other than slight local soreness from the pacemaker pocket site, there should be minimal down time from a pacemaker insertion. But make sure he follows the instructions of his physician.

  • Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
  • Houston, Texas

Total recovery time is one or two days but with limitation of activities

  • Cardiologist | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • Philadelphia, PA

We usually watch people overnight and then send them home. It takes 2-4 weeks for the wound to heal nicely.

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