Pacemaker failure to capture
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My daughter was born with several heart defects.a pacemaker was implanted after surgery because she had complete heart-block. She thrived after her surgery and lived life to the fullest.On June 20,2009, when she was three and a half years old, she tragically fell to the ground. She was rushed to the hospital, but they were unsuccessful in reviving her.It was later determined at autopsy that her pacemaker lead had fractured. It was a Medtronic pacemaker. I have been in disbelief since then.
Is your uncle a heart failure patient? Furosmide is medication as a diuretic to prevent congested heart failure. The medication should provide relief for shortness of breath, and the only association with shortness of breath would be that medication is not effective and there is some pulmonary edema and the heart is not pumping effectively.... the blood is backing up into the lungs and causing SOB (relative to the diuretic ineffective).
t find anything. Originally I thought a pacemaker may be of some benefit, but the article I saw said that with Atrial Fibrillation, it only works for people that are Tachy-Brady (and some limited circumstances)
Please see the following link (copy and paste if it's not clickable). Hope this is of some help, you've been through so much.
http://www.webmd.
I've had a pacemaker for 28 years now. And because of the amount of time I have had my pacer I have gone into heart failure. My doctor is planing on putting a bivent. pacer in me in about a month. My pacemakers normally have lasted me 7-8 years. I was just wondering how long is the life expectancy of the new pacemaker.
Yes, a pacemaker can cause heart failure. It happens due to a desynchronization or the left and right ventricle due to continuous pacing. From what I have read it.
I have a congenital av block and it happens in 1 in 8 pacemker implementations with this condition. Biventricle pacing is the recommended solution along with lifestyle changes.
Hopefully all is well with you and your husband now that it is a few years down the road. My own biv pacemaker goes in next month.
Cheers.
I don't think there is anyway to call your description normal or not normal.
Your subject states "congestive heart failure" which is a general description of a heart that is failing due to valve or other problems and is loosing it ability to pump blood. I suppose one could call that normal if one has heart valve problems that can not be repaired or if it is simply the body is growing old and the heart is beginning to fail. How long?
A pacemaker is a small device that sends electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate and rhythm. A pacemaker may also be used to treat fainting spells (syncope), congestive heart failure, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A pacemaker implant is more for assurance of good, normal heartbeat than a remedy for heart failure.
A pacemaker, even if functioning correctly, cannot always prevent worsening heart failure and death. The pacemaker will continue to deliver electical impulses to the heart, but if the heart muscle is not responding, or the impulses are not being transmittted normally in
the heart, the heart may stop beating altogether or may be unable to beat strongly enough to provide enough blood flow to the brain, and death can result.
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?
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Pacemaker batteries will not run out unexpectedly. When a battery is running low, the elective replacement indicator (ERI) is activated. Physicians can detect this activation during a routine office visit. In addition, the battery status and the general functioning of the pacemaker can be tested over the telephone. This is generally done every one to two months.
I don't believe a pacemaker is used to control AFib. Perhaps your father has other heart problems. The most common use for a pacemaker is to keep the heart from beating too slow, or stopping. Some times a PM is used when the heart electrical system has to be totally shut down, in which case there would be no AFib or other arrhythmia, but this is not done to my knowledge, to control AFib.
I have a pacemaker and still have pvc's and pac's but the pacemaker is set to only let so much time go between beats so if there is too long a pause it will pick up and beat for you. Yes, they are frustrating but not dangerous at all. I also had pauses for seconds before pm and I know how scary that can be but don't worry!
To add to what already has been said a pacemaker is needed when the system's natural pacemaker (sinus node in the right atrium) may be irregular. Your medication helps control high blood pressure and probably would be prescribed without a pacemaker.
My doctor is saying that I need a pacemaker and he said that once we do that he can go in and ablate the fast rate issues so I would assume that it is not a problem. I am just scared to do the pacemaker and putting it off. If it would solve all my problems then maybe I would want to do it more, but knowing that this is just one of the things I have to do makes me overwhelmed by the whole thing. Have you had any problems with your pacemaker?
Went to see a consultant yesterday and has been told that she has heart failure and that she is to have a lot of drugs with a massive amount of water tablets.
why wasn't surgery mentioned, is it because of the pacemaker or that its not bad enough or that the degeneration is too bad.
Are we just going to see her get worse gradually until she dies.
Permanent pacing right ventricle long term can cause heart failure. The heart is getting lazy and rely on the pacemaker. Mine one like that too. My cardio now programs to sense the Atrial and pace the ventricle when necessary. It reduces the pacing in ventricle. Before he set to 70's. Most of the time is pacing. Now I ask him to set it to 60. My heart is paced 20% less than before. Hope it helps.
Your mother should have an EKG to identify any electrical rhythm problems notwithstanding a defib/pacemaker. Heart's electrical system is sensitive to medication and the interaction of chemical elements, electrolytes, sodium, etc. can disrupt an electrical impulse and cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest causes heart failure and would be secondary to cardiac arrest (an electrical dysfunction). From the information you provide that appears to be the situation.
A week later I was released with 7 medications and a LifeVest with plans to get a pacemaker after the 1st of the year. The heart failure team and cardiology team want to try a pacemaker before looking for a new heart. I pray the pacemaker works wonder. Anyone else with an EF below 15% and have been able to make improvements to increase your EF? If so, what has worked for you?
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.
I started having arrythimias according to a pacemaker check. Could this medication cause all of this to happen. Plus a paid mgmt dr put me on a strong muscle relaxer years before this and my heart beat dropped to 40 beats and this caused me to have the pacemaker. I sleep walk a lot and sometimes find some of my meds are gone and this occasion sev muscle relaxers weren't in the bottle. I might be in denial and just have heart failure.
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