Pacemaker questions to ask
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I'm a 54 yo female who needed a pacemaker 10 years ago due to idiopathic 3rd degree heart block, I take no medications for my heart. My battery (now 10 years old) needs replacing. I've had 4 episodes of 5 second or less V-tach (according to the pacemakers computer) in the last 18 months and the doctors are wanting to do an Electrophysiology study to see if they can find out why I've had these episodes, since the echo and nuclear stress test preformed last week, were all normal.
If you know what kind of ICD you have, could you get in touch with a company representative to ask the question of device compatibilty? I have known reps who are great in getting back to people with questions and you are afterall a client they represent.
Let me know if you are able find anything out, Ill be curious.
Best wishes.
Your first visit with your cardiologist will most likely have you running the gambit of emotions from being confused to being surprised. Be sure to ask as many questions as you can think of as you have a right to know what is going on but be sensitive to the fact that your doctor may not know yet as sometimes more testing might be needed. Good luck!
I always had problems with remembering what I planned on asking the doctor too. One day I just pulled out my list of questions that I had meant to ask but couldn't remember and my doctor actually said he was glad that I had written them down. It saves them time while we are trying to remember, plus they don't have to deal with us calling later because we remembered something we had forgotten to ask.
Thanx for the reply. Yes I do have irregular pulse, and can even feel beats skip. AS for the dizziness, it can be when i get up, sitting on the couch, or laying in bed i can feel my head spin. These are part of the reason the ER doc sent me for a holter and echo, as she was suspecting mitral vavle regurgitation (which echo showed i was good).
there are specific meds to keep blood pressure under control and trust me sleeping pills are not one of them...like Jerry said call the doc...also like Jerry said a pacemaker is inserted to help regulate the heart when it beats way too slow and controls that....the tach is a whole nother issue and the doc may have given your dad a beta blocker already for that to control the tach and blood pressure at the same time...do not mix any meds over the counter or not.
If you don't think the doctor is giving you the best advice, go for a second opinion with a different doctor. Don't be afraid to ask them all the questions you have. Did you ask them what would happen if he didn't get the pacemaker?
There's been studies on this. I couldn't find a study where a pacer or ICD failed.
You should ask your doctor if the sinus pauses are related to sleep apnea or the Maze procedure. You should also ask your doctor what the cause of your atrial fibrillation was. A pause of 3 seconds during sleep is borderline to normal but 6 seconds is quite long.
I don't think you'll get the answer on your pacemaker questions on this forum :) That's something you need to decide through discussions with your cardiologist.
Hi, May be unrelated but my Mom had uncontrolled arrhythmia with many things tried to control it. Finally an av node ablation was done and a pacemaker implanted. This actually stopped the signals from the av node - now the pacemaker sends the signals.
Perhaps a pacemaker would help when the av node "acts up" ?
I feel just like I did before the Pacemaker. I had said to him that I thought I needed a Catheterization to check things out, but he made me do this instead. He now says that it had to be done first, and now we will look further. I did all this in Deborah Hospital in NJ, as I live in NJ. I am trying to get back in there for complete testing.
HI and welcom to the forum ......
If it were me, I would prob get a second op and also ask all of these excellent questions of the doctor. I usually make notes to take with me so that I remember everything that I want to ask and ask I do!!! I do not leave the office until I understand what the doctor is telling me.
For me, my cardiologist has never been able to tell me why I have an electrical prob with my heart. I guess there are some things that even they don't have answers to which is v frustrating for me.
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