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hypokinesis can also be the result of stunned cells. Stunned heart cells affected by a heart attack can be revitalized if blood/oxygen is quickly provided within a few hours to the area affected by an acute heart attack.
Akinesis is different from hypokinesis in that the heart cells affected are necrotic (dead). Stem cell therapy may be helpful for that condition.
Five years ago I had hypokinesis of the left ventricle wall and a low EF.
Usually, the heart muscle cells keep time more slowly than normal pacemaker cells. This allows the pacemaker cells within the SA node to be in control of generating and pacing the heartbeat. But, if a particular group of cells in areas remote from the SA node become extra- or hyper-excitable they can take over as the pacemaker for one or several beats, or for a longer term.
You might think of the heart's cells as a schoolyard full of young boys playing soccer.
Alcohol may trigger an irregular beat by changing the chemical structure of the cells in the heart. Thus it is the chemicals that really cause the extra beats. All these drugs change the way cells emit and take in chemicals (potassium, etc). In this way it is intented that all the cells become synchronized--thus no irregular beats.
Thus the real cause is that cells develop the propensity for irregularity, and no one knows why this happens.
When the electrical system in your heart goes a bit haywire (like a blown fuse or a power surge) then the cells in the heart can react by causing a premature heart beat.
Premature beats of the ventricles or atria are not (in themselves) dangerous and rarely cause any further complications. However, since your heart has been given an artificial pacemaker for whatever reason, it stands that your electrical system is likely not functioning properly.
It's interesting that everyone has irregular beats--but most people simply don't feel them. We sensitive types do.
Perhaps you've read what actually happens during an ectopic beat? If not, here's a simplified rundown:
The 'Pacemaker' in the upper right atrium normally sets the heart rate, but it's important to know that every cardiac cell in the heart is naturally rhythmic and contractile.
The sinus atrial node is a clump of cells in your heart that put out an electrical current that causes the rest of your cells in the atrial center of your heart to contract. The electrical current continues into the ventricular node and causes the bottom of the heart to contract immediately after that.
t coming from the natural pacemaker which is located in the high atrium. It is normal to have this as long as you are not limited in terms of your physical activity such as climbing stairs, running or playing with your colleagues. If that's the case I would not worry about this at all. On the other hand, if you do notice some limitations, a visit to a cardiologist may not be a bad idea. He would do history and a physical exam and evaluate your heart function with an echocardiogram.
This goes all the way down to the bottom of the heart. The front of the left ventricle has a small part that is also receiving less oxygen. Diminished means less or smaller, so unless they've used the wrong terminology, I would suspect the heart muscle is alive but not receiving enough oxygen for exertion. If that amount was scar tissue, I would suspect you would be experiencing all kinds of serious health issues.
s nearly 30 years ago and I think heart failure would have begun years ago from that. What you need to establish is the cause of the heart failure. Have there been more blockages in the arteries that haven't been treated? was there as infection involved? I get the impression that artery blockages have been the cause, hence the pacemaker requirement because the normal cells transmitting the signal have been killed. The question would be, why didn't they treat those blockages?
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.
Strictly speaking, palpitations are a particular awareness of your heartbeat, be it regular or irregular, regardless of the anatomical origin of the beat. It's interesting that everyone has irregular beats--but most people simply don't feel them. We sensitive types do.
You mention an uneven pulse. The very nature of PVCs is unevenness: The letters stand for 'premature ventricular contraction.
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.
There are several facts to be considered here. The longer the pacemaker stays in the body, the harder it is to take out. A pacemaker that has been inside for ten years is difficult to extract although not impossible. Once these devices get infected, it is very difficult to treat using antibiotics due the reason that you have mentioned. In that case scenario, the patient might require multiple courses of antibiotics or even sometimes life long suppressive antibiotics.
d suppose that they hope/expect some cells stick there in the heart and then do their magic. The cells can be gotten from such places as the marrow (naturally, because of the hematopoeitic stem cells used in blood cancer therapy), but also from fat or muscle areas.
There is a presentation that was given at Hypertension2008 in Berlin this past summer, on the same topic, which stated that this approach is used more post-MI than in HF. They had some dramatic results in that setting, too.
The problem can be due to hypothyroidism or a dysfunctional sinus node (natural pacemaker located in the right atrium). Treatment can be beta blocker medication and if uncontrolled there may be a need for a pacemaker implant (worst case scenario).
Low cardiac output can be the result of an abnormally slow heart rate.
Sounds like you don't need a pacemaker. I think I'd want it out if I didn't need/use it.
I do not have a pacemaker and don't have any idea how difficult removal is, hope (would guess) it is a out-patient (same day in/out) procedure.
You say the pacemaker never "kicked" in, I assume you don't have any related heart problems like dizziness or shortness of breath. If you do, perhaps you should consider having the pacemaker set to cut in sooner.
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