Indications for pacing -- Pacemaker technology -- Principles of pacemaker-myocardial interaction -- Programmability and specialized circuits -- Types of pacemakers and hemodynamics of pacing -- Dual-chamber pacing : special considerations -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy -- Rate-modulated pacing -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator and antitachycardia pacing -- Pacemaker implantation -- Follow-up of the patient who has received a pacemaker