pacemaker insertion code

The pain associated with an implanted pacemaker may be musculoskeletal or nerve related. Most likely related to the minor surgery required for insertion of the pacemaker. This type of pain related to the incision should heal within weeks. If you have persistent chest pain at the site of the pacemaker, it might be reasonable to see your doctor so that possible causes can be evaluated.

will there be personality changes after pacemaker insertion?My son is 24 and fears becoming"hyper",he now is fairly "laid back".Is this unfounded?

In my experience, when a Pacemaker is inserted by a Cardiologist, a representative by the Pacemaker manufacturer follows up the insertion and programs the pacemaker in the hospital. It's not unusual that it has to be tweaked from time to time. If your husband still isn't feeling right, I'd request that you contact your Cardiologist and ask for a manufacturer's rep to be present to review the history of your heart beats since it was inserted.

Normally, she should not have such pain after the insertion of the pacemaker. Maybe its position is causing some muscle spasm that is affecting her arm. The best option is to take her back to the doctor who inserted the pacemaker and explain the situation to him. If she has some fever, it may mean that the pacemaker place is infected and needs an urgent intervention.

We are trying to figure out if we should go direclty to the insertion of a pacemaker vs. an ablasion procedure. Since ablasion procedure may need to be repeated and flecainide (drug after ablasion) is questionable, should we just go directly to the pacemaker?

Hello. So glad I found this site! I just turned 50 yrs old. I had a pacemaker implanted in Feb 2011. Dr's said I had "heart block". To this day I'm still unsure what that is, but I was in the hospital at the time for seizures & a rare disease called P.R.E.S. It's basically swelling of the brain. Anyway, I was watching tv in my hosp room when a code was called, nurses came running : it was for me!

I got a pacemaker June 20th on the left side. There has been swelling in my left shoulder and arm from almost the time I got the pacemaker. The left side of my neck is contantly stiff. A venogram showed no clots. The shoulder and are feel very tight and the left arm is obviously larger than the right arm to the naked eye. My cardiologist said this is unusual but didn't think I have anything to worry about. Did my surgeon put the pacemaker in incorrectly? Is it crimping my vein?

I am on my 3rd pacemaker after an ablation and pacemaker insertion 12 years ago. Since my new one on the 5th of May was ok with the exception of lacking energy to walk far. Prior to my last insertion i was walking 4k's a day. Since then no way. i went back to my Doctor 4 weeks ago and told him. He said he would make it more sensitive. Then I experienced headaches amd feelings of nausea on many occasions. i went back the following week to be told my BP had gone sky high. 160/102.

My father, 89, recently had a pacemaker inserted due to bradycardia. His PMD and internal medicine specialist started him on Coumadin afterwards. Since my step-mother had been hospitalized a week before with GI bleeding due to long term (20 years) effects of Coumadin, my father is reluctant to keep on with the medication now he's at home.

If the docs wont operate then they wont put in a pacemaker. A pacemaker does not seem to be needed. Your uncle's problem comes from clogged arteries due to high cholesterol (either from diet or genetics or both). The arteries supply blood and nutrients to the heart muscle itself to keep it alive. When the heart can't get it's blood supply you have a heart attack. Looks like they put stents in the artery years ago which keeps the artery open.

The American Heart Association Guidelines list a range of indications for permanent pacemaker insertion, including a period of asystole lasting more than 3.0 seconds. Does your 2.8 second pause warrant pacemaker insertion? Once again, this should only be considered in patients without an underlying reversible cause such as hypokalemia or pauses occurring in the presence of SVT. A repeat Holter following correction of your hypokalemia will be important. I hope this information helps.

Thank heaven he finally listened to you! Now at least you will have access to another cardiologist, albeit in another state! I have worked in pedi heart surgery but it has been a long time ago. My guess would be that he would only be in a couple of days, unless they have plans for a more thorough evaluation, which might be likely. Kids bounce back quickly, typically. We would have some that had simple open heart surgery and would be happily playing in their crib in 2 days, asking for soda!

He said if I needed to have an ablation again I would need to have a code ablation. Can anyone explain to me what this is . I have had several mini attacks since the ablation. I am truly depressed that the operation was not a success. I have not yet had to go to the emergency room by ambulance, but I am truly scaired about the prospects. The last ambulance run before the ablation I was thrown into a fib. I have not yet returned to work. My cardio says I just need to give it more time.

I know I'm not loosing it. To send a message to someone on a discussion, you have to copy a code. If you can't get the code correct, you don't get through. Again, I don't understand how to read or put the code down correctly. O really hope I'm making sense.

This asked me to enter code but where code should be there was nothing

He has already gone over the risks high chance of ending up with a pacemaker. I will have to stay in the hospital over night to have my heart continuously monitored. I wanted to hear some other stories from people who have had this procedure, how long was the hospital stay? when did you go back to work? any complications?

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One of the electro-cardiologists even mentioned her frustration with the lack of ongoing studies of patients with this problem. They seem to stop shortly after the insertion of a pacemaker. Most of those people however have incidents more frequently than every 8 years! I think that, unfortunately, this is likely to be yet one more medical issue where there are no clear cut answers.

I have had one performed on 7/15/08 (the AFIB never stopped) and the second on 12/2/08. I am still going into AFIB. I take Sotalol and Metoprolol (bad side effects), along with commoudin. My surgeon says it may take up to 4 months for the AFIB to stop. I have worn an event monitor for MONTHS and it clearly shows the AFIB events.I wonder if I am being stalled / put off until time when a pacemaker may be installed. Any ideas?

It makes sense that a heart rate that slow, that consistently will need pacing to bring it back up to a more normal rate.

Now, after 3 and a pacemaker... and a code, and a few collapses... I live connected to a backpack full off meds that I can not get away from. They can cut me open now, no problem. I'll eat 2 cans of alpo a day and howl at the moon. Mostly, pray. For those who might pray for me, thank you. For those with any better ideas, thank you. I'll check back in after the appt.

Ablation of atrial tachycardia is successful in approximately 75% of patients (see Scheinman PACE 2004). The rate of major complications (including pacemaker insertion and stroke) is less than 1%. Although this risk is low you do need to consider what such a complication would mean for you and how that compares with a more conservative (low risk) alternative such as taking meds. I would recommend discussing these options with your EP.

I was having severe headaches after an ablation and found out I was having junctional rhythms and had to have a pacemaker. I had them even after the pacemaker but the doctor reprogrammed my pacemaker and that helped. Maybe some adjustments just need to be made.They told me it would take a few times before they got it right.

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