Many people are overly concerned about their pacemaker at first. With time and experience, however, you will become more familiar with it and more confident and comfortable returning to a normal lifestyle.

When you have a pacemaker:

• You may wear comfortable clothing.
• You may use any electrical device in your home.
• You may drive or ride in a car, tractor or boat.
• You may not go through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Before you go for any test, tell your doctor you have a pacemaker implant.
• While airport security devices will not affect how your pacemaker works, the metal case make trigger security-screening devices. If this happens, simply show your pacemaker identification card to the security guard.
• Your pacemaker needs to be checked every one to three months. Regular appointments with your doctor or visits to the Cedars-Sinai Pacemaker Clinic will be needed to evaluate you and your pacemaker.