Pacemaker of normal heart
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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.
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.
After getting the pacemaker, my BP readings have been progressively worst week by week. Befor the pacemaker, for years my top (systolic) readings used to around 110 to max of around 160, and after the pacemaker, they even reached worst level of around 190, and yesterday scary level of 225.
- Even though my family phys added Clonidine to previous BP-meds of Altace, HCTZ, and Cardura, my BP keeps moving higher an higehr each week... I never had so high numbers before the pacemaker.
I am a 30 yr old mother of 3 with a pacemaker. I have had the pacemaker for 3 years in July. It was originally placed because of a severe problem with fainting. My heart was stopping for nearly 50 seconds(documented) during these syncope episodes.
The pacemaker has basically cured this problem. At my last visit they said it was working 25% of the time. Whatever that means. But now the pacemaker unit has shifted for the second time.
Jon is correct. You can't judge the complete population of pacemaker devices on the probability of run of specific models that may have had a manufacturing problem. It appears to be a recall or heads up for any probable problems.... A malfunction of a device is 1.4 per 1000. One out every 50 devices manufactured is defective is ridiculous...should be ashamed to post the comment.:)
The pacemaker should not even be an issue.
Although your BP is low, it is not terribly, horribly out of line, and even though your heart rate is quite slow, I have several friends with your heart rate, and they lead perfectly normal lives.
So here are two or three questions:
1. Except when you are about to faint, how do you usually feel? Are you tired, weak, and short of breath much of the time? If so, that argues for a pacemaker.
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.
The surgery was accompanied with a maze procedure to normalize the heart beat rate to normal. However, after the surgery she has still been kept on pacemaker as cardiologists said her heart rate is still on 48-55 per minute (which is quite slow). The cardiologists have suggested that if the heart rate does not return back to normal a permanent pacemaker maybe required. Can anyone please suggest whether to wait for the heart beat to be back to normal or go for the pacemaker.
You did not mentioned if your son was a strong athlete. Many professional athletes have low resting heart rates but I doubt if many of them have one at 25bpm. I am not an athlete but i do exercise. One day at work, I felt lightheaded and had a hard time carrying out my work (I was a middle school principal at the time.) I was totally exhausted by 9:30AM and could not walk out of my office so 911 was called. My heart rate was 28bpm.
The reason for a low heartrate must be found I think.
Myself, I have heart rates down in the 30s at sleep, and a heart rate down to 30 is considered normal during sleep. The relevant question is if this low heart rate is sinus bradycardia, or caused by blocks/ventricular escape rhythm. If it is, it's not benign.
Another very relevant question is if the heart is able to maintain a sufficient cardiac output with a heart rate that low.
My grandmother had her pacemaker implanted 1 week ago. Is it normal for the area to be bruised, a purple color? She is also experiencing a burning sensation around the area. She is 84 years old and before she had the surgery she was able to walk fine and now she walks a little and she feels very tired and she says she feels like her heart is beating really fast and it might even come out.
You can have a normal EKG and still need a pacemaker. The RATE on the EKG would be the determining factor. His EKG being normal means that he hasn't had a heart attack, his heart structure is okay, things like that. If his heart rate is 'GOING UP TO 45 beats per minute, (normal heart rate is 60-100bpm with a mean of 72 for men) that's too slow and therefore your father isn't getting enough oxygen to his brain and other body organs, that is why he's short of breath.
My Heart Doctor suggested I have a pacemaker. I opted to NOT have this done becuase of my age and I am 5' & 106 lbs (small frame not much room for the pacemaker). I have been told by others that they had problems with the pacemaker and wish they had not done this. I had a blood test done recently and my kidney's were fine and I don't have trouble breathing or fluid. I don't want to go through the surgery of the pacemaker.
However, more importantly is what type of rhythm this is -- sinus bradycardia, some sort of heart block, etc. Another issue that plays a role is whether or not you are having symptoms. This should all be evaluated thoroughly by a licensed physician, likely a cardiologist or electrophysiologis -- who can examine your ECG's or holter monitor (if done) to determine whether or not a pacemaker is indicated and/or what the underlying cause might be (and if it something reversible).
I don't think anyone can really answer this because obviously there is no 'normal' life. Normal to one person could be sitting on a stool all day playing guitar, while to someone else it could mean to do daily gardening or even playing golf. Normal for one person could be driving a truck while to another it could be riding a bicycle. I suppose normal could mean exist, but to exist you could just be laying in bed every day. So normal to each individual has different expectations.
If the baby makes it to term, it would need a pacemaker as soon as it is born. Has anybody been through a similar diagnosis or know of somebody else who has? What are the chances of survival? Can a baby with a pacemaker from birth grow into a healthy adulthood? Does anybody know of any adults who have had pacemakers since birth and are able to lead normal lives?
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