How long does a pacemaker procedure take

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my dads x-rays in january showed his heart was normal size now in may it show enlarge 10 to 15 % of his heart is working . we have pacemaker/defil in and was told he has CHF so how long does it take for you heart to enlarge? This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/251875'>Enlarged Heart</a>.

He would like to know where we could find out the success rate of this and who is the best at putting them in. Also how long do they last and would you body become immuned to it. Any information would be a great help. Thank you.

Sorry that you're still not fully repaired. Hopefully, just another blip in the road before you get your pacemaker. You sound like a very positive person and that helps a lot when life doesn't always go the way it should. Let us know the new game plan. Take care...

I believe pacing in this term, however not positive is that prior to an ablation they will attach the cardioversion pads front and back so that if needed and the procedure itself does not convert you to regular sinus rhythm they will shock you back. That being said they can also vary the voltage through the pads to pace the heart at different rates during the procedure which I suppose can help them find other trouble spots to ablate during the mapping process.

Hi, I cannot comment about much of the technical information that you have presented. I can comment though that my wife works for a Cardiologist. She has told me more than several times of patients that needed to have Pacemakers implanted on the day of the diagnosis of specific problems. If not implanted that day, the patient was admitted to the hospital that day and the Pacemaker implanted the next. From what she has told me, the procedure isn't that traumatic. (perhaps others can comment).

00 and 05:00. My Sinus Node looks like it wants to nap when I am asleep. I have private insurance through my employer here in the US, and have a fantastic set of memories of the interactions with all the medical personnel involved in my diagnosis and care, fortunately it looks. My pacer is set to kick in if I go below 50 BPM. A few weeks after the implantation I was pacing about 8% Atrial and 2 1/2% Ventricular (2 lead, Medtronic pacer).

she is not able to tolerate the pain.i would like to know how long she will be getting this pain. Please advise me want i want to take it futher.

I didn't feel a thing, I slept through the whole procedure. I wish to ask, if anyone has a pacemaker implanted under the sedation? Did you wake up in the middle of the procedure? Did you feel pain or uncomfort during the procedure? Or you slept through the whole procedure without knowing anything? Why they only let me choose from either local or general anesthetic? Is there a sedation performed during this kind of procedure?

First, any experience like you describe during your pacemaker implantation can have long lasting effects if you don't have an opportunity to process the event and the emotions connected with it, so I believe it is possible that you have had a PTS type reaction. Also, if they did give you any meds or sedation at all, even if those meds did not work for you, they can still affect the way your brain records and remembers the experience.

My EP said I would need to take medication with the pacemaker. Can anyone tell me what kind of med that would be? Can anyone tell me what it's like to have one? Any problems that come from wearing one? Is it a long recovery period? I was to nervous to ask much about the pacemaker because I was asking questions about the EP study. If I have to get a pacemake, it will be done on the 10th so my son can come be with me during recovery. Anything anyone can tell me would be appreciated.

The heart is resilient but it does take some time to recover because it does still have to keep beating but hopefully before you know it you will be feeling much better and all these troubling heart issue will be a thing of the past for you. Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing.

they want to do an ablation nfor atrial flutter because i am only 32 years old and he had to do the pacemaker first because of the syncope. how long does the typical ablationlast and does it always get rid of the palpatations that seems to be geting wors even though i am on multaq 400mp twice aday. i relly would appreciate an answer. i am scared and worried and not getting anwwers anywhere.

Since then, I have chronic A-Fib. Sometimes I feel the procedure done me more harm than good. I still take flecainide 100 mg. It does not stop the A-Fib, but I cannot manage without it because of symptoms. The top lead has been turned off. I understand the electrical signal begins from the SA Node, and when the rt. and left atria are filled with blood the signal causes the atria to contract which pumps the blood to the ventricles. Then normally the signal travels to the AV Node.

I am not sure how long it would take normally but it was about three weeks before I started feeling better. It is really sore the first three or four days. Did you have it yet?

His doctor told me that it won't just quit at that time. They really don't know how long the pacemaker could last. I'm worried about pain. I will be discussing this with his PCP and his cardiologist. I would just like some answers before then. Dad's health is not in crisis right now.

Hi, What does a-fib feel like? I once had a totally fast irregular heart rate and i felt a fluttering sensation, like a twitching. Is that what a-fib feels like?? What do you mean you only had a single run?? How long did it last?

post-op echo shows 25% ejection fraction so electrophysiologist wants to install biventricular pacemaker (ICD). The heart surgeon had told us one month ago that if his echo was at least 30% he would be happy and due to condition of heart he thought we should leave everything alone. Now after seeing the electrophysiologist (who was not there at time of cabg (not done on bypass machine due to heart surgeon not sure of being able to restart heart) we are scared to death.

I am a 33 year old women who was diagnosed with svt when I was 16, I have many episodes of palpitations my doctors have tried me on numerous medications and it has not shown any signs of helping, I am going in to talk to my doctor about doing the ablation but I am a little nervous about the procedure how long will it take and will i be in the hospital do u get to go home the same day or do they make u stay the night for observations as well as how long u have to stay off work.

Now I have seen him three times in the last month, and he does seem like he is going to do whatever it takes. Even if I do get to go for an Ablation procedure, the waiting list here is over a year long.

im so scared for him and I really dont understand any of this. hes the only one in the famiy that eats right and takes really good care of himself .hes 40yrs old and otherwise very healthy . his heartrate goes up to over 250 and he has to go to the ER to get it slowed down.,but seems like each time he has an episode its a little worse than the one before. can someone explain this illness to me? he travels in his line of work to diff. states.

I looked Celexa up, and yes, you are right about the high dosage causing arrhythmia. How long were you on the Celexa? Right now I am taking a small dose, only 5 mg. of Lexapro, and I have only been on them a couple of months. But I will certainly ask my EP next appointment in about 3 weeks if they are safe for me. Another doctor had prescribed them. The article I mentioned from Pubmed doesn’t say what strength of SSRI was being used for that patient.

The doctor explained the procedure and gave my husband an estimate of how long the procedure would take (2-4 hours) and how long I would be in the recovery room (about 3 hours). The doctor took my husband’s cell number, gave him the number for the EP lab, and promised to call my husband as soon as I was moved to the recovery room. (I had encouraged my husband to go home and work from home, rather than sit in the waiting room, which would make for a very long day.

If I respond the the medication, how long can I live? I've read from some websites that 3 years are max if the body does not respond the the drug. Other website said that some PH patients who have had the disease for 20 years and still living. Is there any statistics on how succesful these drugs are in treating this disease? In terms of diet, what do I need to do from now? My family doctor said I could still play soccer twice a week. Should I?

Ten years later I was told I was a perfect candidate so I had the ablation and the chance of having a pacemaker was less than 1%. That's how far they've come in 10 years. Like so many of you, our concernes have fallen on deaf ears, or misinformed ears and I think doctors just are plain annoyed with us because they don't know what to do because the answers aren't there yet but they will be. For now, the key is to find the BEST ep and trust what they say.

And on top of that, they only mailed me the report in the mail and the dr hand-wrote that is is not concerning with my symptoms and only need to take anti-biotics for surgical procedures, did not call me in to explain, had to research it all on my own. I keep reading online that mild should not cause any symptoms but I feel dizzy and have chest pains more days than not.

Need to ask the doc, I believe they can set them for how long the rate is at a certain level.

Hi there.. I haven't ask, but next appt I will and let you know.

Long-term treatment of ventricular tachycardia may include the use of anti-arrhythmic medications like procainamide, amiodarone, or sotalol. The problem with them is they can have severe side effects. Their use is declining in favor of other methods such as ablation. Another treatment for ventricular tachycardias is a device called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator . The ICD is usually implanted in the chest, like a pacemaker. It is connected to the heart with wires.

I had general anesthesia for mine. Although I was given a choice whether on not to use it, I know how I am in situations like that, and I didn't want to jepordize the procedure in any way. I wanted the EP to do what he needed to do, and not have to worry about how I was feeling. In my 60 years, I've been sedated many times; for things like toncils, to hernias, broken bones, and colonoscopys. I can tell you that the sedation they use today is nothing like what it was ....say 30 years ago.

How long are you usually off of work for recovery if you don have surgery?

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