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Listening to Your Heart. Your doctor will use a stethoscope to hear your heartbeat. The opening and closing of your heart's valves make a lub dub noise. The doctor can check your heart and valve health and hear your heart's rate and rhythm by listening to those sounds.
For this epilepsy treatment, a doctor puts a pacemaker-like device into your body to stimulate the vagus nerve, which runs from your brain to your torso. It serves many organs, including your larynx (voice box), lungs, heart, and digestive tract. Your doctor will put you under with general anesthesia.