Natural pacemaker of the heart

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Avatar n tn thank you from the EKG online it seems that whenever the pacemaker starts his artificial pulses, the heart simply follow this pulses.
Avatar m tn Hopefully it is something easy to correct like an adjustment of meds, BP meds can lower your heart rate, but if not the worst thing is likely the need for a pacemaker. Kind of bothersome to need one but if it helps you feel better it may be worth it but investigate first before any decisions are made. Best of luck. Keep us posted.
Avatar m tn Your medication helps control high blood pressure and probably would be prescribed without a pacemaker. Also, the med helps stable the heart rate, but if the sinus node pacemaker output is abnormal, the heart rate could be slow enough to cause formation of blood clots and a heart attack or too fast causing the heart to be unable to pump enough blood into circulation with each heartbeat and cause heart failure.
Avatar n tn However, having an improperly working pacemaker could mean that your heart would struggle to maintain a natural rhythm AFTER the premature beats occur. Once the pacer is replaced, you are likely to still experience the occasional PVC or string of PVC's, but they will not be of concern as long as the pace maker is in proper working condition. I would hope that your doctor could obtain a new pacemaker from a different company.
Avatar f tn Yes, that's exactly what it amounts to. A friend of mine had it done, but I had the sneaky suspicion - and still do - that they screwed up his ablation and now the pacemaker has to provide the heartbeat completely and not only when needed.
Avatar n tn I was sleeping at the hospital the night before by precaution. They told my heart paused once for 15 seconds. I did not believe that since they woke me up with no symptoms. I should have feel light headed, sick or whatever but...nothing. I have a hard time to believe that.
Avatar n tn And two, in the setting of this A fib and a slow heart rhythm, putting in a pacemaker may reduce the amount of atrial fibrillation you're having. But more importantly, the presence of a pacemaker will allow your doctor to put you on anti-arrhythmic medications safely. If you have a tendency for a very slow heart rhythm, if you were placed on and anti-arrhythmic medication, your heart rate may get so slow you could get dizzy or pass out.
Avatar f tn Is it natural to lose all of the electricity in your heart and still do fine with your pacemaker? My new Cardiologists don't seem at all concerned.
Avatar n tn If the problem is your walls are too thick, Calcium Channel Blockers are the drugs they generally use because they help to relax the heart muscle and therefore the filling action of the heart is better. If the walls are too thin, then I would think the Beta Blockers would be the drugs of choice. What are you calling a "small" fainting spell? You either faint or you don't.
Avatar m tn I misread your post. He has 2-3 months REMAINING on the battery. The device fires an electrical pulse to either make the heart or assist the heart to contract, just as the heart's natural electrical system does. Depending on how "defective" that electrical system is, it's possible the device could stop working, yet his heart could continue to function. I think there's a lot of unknowns in providing you with a more accurate answer.
Avatar m tn Yes, the condition can infect the heart's natural pacemaker. The heart's "natural" pacemaker is called the sinoatrial (SA) node or sinus node. It's a small mass of specialized cells in the top of the heart's right atrium (upper chamber). It makes the electrical impulses that cause your heart to beat.
Avatar m tn Well it does sound logical that your pacemaker could be the cause of shortness of breath. If my heart had a max rate of 70, I know I would be short of breath. I had a similar thing in 2009 when overdosed with beta blockers. Every kind of exertion had me breathing really fast which will be a natural reaction when the heart doesn't beat fast enough to get oxygen around the body.
3110611 tn?1368485035 Chances are the heart rate of 83 is your own natural heart rate and is not your pacer working; that would kick in when the heart rates are real low. Keep us posted.
Avatar f tn i have a pacemaker (st. judes) I am 6 in a half months pregnant & i was wondering would i be able to deliver naturally? or would i HAVE to have a c-section ?
Avatar n tn metoprolol may not correct SOB! The pacemaker has corrected bradycardia!? The pacemaker will override any disruptions of the normal electrical impulses controlling the rate of your heart's pumping action. SOB is almost always a serious symptom...it was the only symptom for the admitting personal to put me in an emergency status, but I had other symptoms, dry cough, hyperventilating when laying down, etc . She said that is all that is needed is SOB.
Avatar f tn s natural pacemaker for the top part of the heart and the other was for the lower part? which is where my thought was leading to with both pm & icd if both had been ablated and 100% pacemaker dependent "Ventricles alone can sustain life, as proven by folks that are in a-fib" is that the same as in Vfib?
696415 tn?1228229959 The sinoatrial node (SA node) is a group of cells positioned on the wall of the right atrium, near the entrance of the superior vena cava. Cells in the SA node will naturally discharge at about 70-80 times per minute. Because the sinoatrial node is responsible for the rest of the heart's electrical activity, it is sometimes called the primary pacemaker, the natural pacemaker.
Avatar f tn When I was at the doctors office they explained that it is working everytime her heart beats. They told us that the lower right side of her heart is bad. They said the pacemaker is set at 60bpm to keep her heart at a steady beat but when her blood pressure is taken the lower number is always in the 80's. I tryed to ask could the pacemaker be set to high for her body.
Avatar m tn In other cases, people may have no symptoms but are at high risk for dangerously slow heart rates because of disturbances of the electrical system of the heart. A pacemaker may be recommended for these people before symptoms occur. There are no electrical disturbance shown with your post?! Because a wrong decision can be very serious I would hesitate to second quess a doctor's assessment.
Avatar n tn Hello, and I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Your post has most certainly alarmed me. I was recently diagnosed with severe heart failure also ( dilated cardiomyopathy). My EF is 15-25%, with arrhythmias. I have been advised to get ICD, which I have been reluctant to agree to. Sharing your sorrow has helped me in my decision making, and for that I thank you.
Avatar n tn Until the day God has set aside for you. A pacemaker will ensure your heart works to the correct rhythm and rate and you will live to your natural age of death. It is a fix. So dont start worrying about that because you will get stressed and become ill again. I wish you a good long and healthy life.
Avatar m tn In order to keep the heart rate sufficently fast, Doctors sometimes need to implant a Pacemaker that will discharge only when the SA Node fails to fire. This type of Pacemaker monitors the heart, and if the SA Node goes too long without firing, the Implanted Pacemaker will discharge, therefore keeping the heart rate fast enough. If the SA Node works as expected, the Implanted Pacemaker does not do anything, just monitors.
Avatar m tn Worst case scenario, but 49 is not that serious, however, if the heart dropped beats when its rate was 49, that might be heart block (block of impulses from atria down to the ventricles whose pumping makes the pulse). In that case you may or may not need a pacemaker...the sinus node (natural pacemaker dysfunction) problem. If considered serious, an EKG test may be appropriate.
Avatar m tn to use a host of other drugs. Unfortunately the pacemaker with the drugs only controls the frequency and occurrences of AFib, not the cause but I will take it since I very sympotmatic in AFib.
Avatar m tn 2) Considering her need for a higher dosage and her occasional heart block, the combo of verapimil and a pacemaker is an appropriate next step. As I recall, a member of this board, scouser costa rica, has a pacemaker like your wife's doctor is recommending and it's working out well for him (he also takes amiodarone to decrease the frequency of afib episodes and to lower his heart rate when it does occur).. 3) There are two types of ablation to consider.
Avatar f tn The AV node causes a delay between the top chambers and lower chambers of the heart. It basically gives a delay so the top chambers can squeeze blood into the bottom chambers, before letting them squeeze. So if damaged, then there is a possibility the signal to the ventricles is blocked. This would be heart block third degree and a pacemaker would normally be required because it can be life threatening.