Pacemaker vs defibulator
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My father has had a pacemaker / defibulator for about 7 years. He recently had a heart attack. if his defib was working properly, should he have had a heart attack? His doctor just replaced his defibulator with a new one because it wasn't working. What I wanted to know is if the defib is controlling the heart function, why did he have an attack?
An internal defibrillator is not a pacemaker as most folks understand a pacemaker to be. It's really called an implant cardioverter defibrillator and in my case,a single lead model attached to my left ventrical and is supposed to arrest ventricular tachycardia. it does this two ways. 1 thru cardioversion which is very aggresive pacemaking. Mine is programmed to perform cardioversion thru 15 beats.
s getting down there...I think I would go for the defibulator/pacemaker...do you have arrythmia? I had down to 30 ej but no mention of defibulator only that I could go on the transplant list at 20 ej...I did not have arrythmia at the time but was in heart failure. Are you on Coreg? You must be so tired.
I received my pacemaker/defibulator 2 years ago and have been shocked only once. Ideally your potassium levels should be around 3.6 - 4...in hospital after the shock, I caught a flu bug and lost alot of my potassium through diarrhea and vomitting. My potassium levels went down to 2.3. I take potassium pills that have been perscribed my my cardiologist, three times a day. I don't know of any method of checking out your electrolytes at home. I get my blood done every 2wks.
My 88 yr old dad was diagnosed with CHF approx. 2 yrs ago. He has a pacemaker/defibulator. One of his meds are Lasix 10mg daily. He went for a checkup recently (not his regular cardiologist) and had a chest x-ray done. Results showed some fluid. He was told to double up on his Lasix. What could be causing this fluid build up and is it safe to increase Lasix? My concern is that he saw his regular cardiologist approx 1 month ago.
Being a combination unit it serves both as a pacemaker and a defibulator so you heart rate and rhythm will be regulated and the defibulator is there in case you need to be shocked or converted back into rhythm.
I thought he died in front of me. He has CHF, biventricular failure, aortal backflow, a-fib and has a pacemaker w/ defibulator. I called 911 because I thought he was dying and figured his defib kicked in because after a minute he regained consciousness.
I'm getting zero answers beyond "low blood pressure/orthostatic hypotension". But to me, OH would not cause the agonal respirations. WHY did he get this agnonal respirations and then came to?
She fell down on the cement and cracked her skull. She needed emergency brain surgery and almost did not survive. She received a pacemaker (Medtronic brand) and lived another 12 years. Your EF is low. Normal is 55 to 60. Your cardiologist knows what is best for you. Sometimes a person does feel fine and has no symptoms, but that doesn't mean that everything is okay. I have heard people say that their EF went up after they received a defibrillator.
She has done pretty well except for the fact it caused conjestive heart failure. last februray her heart defibulator started firing alot because of racing heart. At the same time her platelets dropped dramatically to 1700,white cells are up and her stool turned cream colored. She has had a bone marrow biopsy which was negative for cancer. We still dont have any answers.
t know anything about Myasthenia gravis, but, I have had an EF of 15-20 percent for about 5 years. I also have had a pacemaker/defibulator installed and I follow a rigid diet, and do all of the excercise I can handle.
I'm doing fine, so I believe your father can have the same results with proper diet, excercise, diet and medication.
Hope this helps.
Depending on the type you have, they can act as a pacemaker, perform cardioversion which is a series of small shocks, or it can deliver a larger shock (defib). I have never heard of a heart being stopped to test these things on fitting? They are usually fitted under local anaesthetic and the risk of stopping your heart and expecting it to restart as a test doesn't sound correct to me? You are also sedated for the procedure because it can take hours to complete.
I, too, have a defibulatro/pacemaker and after reading the ton of lit that came with it, I found that loss of sleep is one of the side affects. They tell you if it becomes too bothersome to discuss it with your doctor. Well, I did that, and she said it's normal and not to worry about it......a lot of good that did.
I understand that the biggest problem with a defibulator/pacemaker is that people who have them, don't trust them, and are afraid of the "kick in the pants".
my heart Dr. said that I need a av node ablation and a pace maker, it scares me and I would like to know if it is safe. I am 69 years old. Thank You Jo
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His sister has afib and his brother nearly died on the basketball court at 52, they put in a defibulator/pacemaker, he went through open heart surgery last year, he has the electrical conductor problem and afib. Naturally, I am quite concerned. I can't sleep worrying that my husband will collapse again. He is 7' tall... a big Dane. We go in next week to have another ekg to see if it has gotten better. Any information is of a great help for me... thank you so much.
Mom is 90 yrs old and has severe dementia. She is need of a new pacemaker battery. Cardiologist said they don't change batteries - the whole pacemaker is changed. She is using her pacemaker 95% of the day. Is is a good idea to change this? Can you still die with a pacemaker? I know if she could make the decision herself she would tell me to not change it and leave well enough alone. I don't know what to do.
Fluid drained from lungs twice. Pacemaker put in a month ago, meds for the other side of the heart as well. This week back in hospital with A-Fib. She is on all the meds that I can find that are related to CHF. They won't tell her that is what it is and now they are trying another round of new treatment and meds.
Here is my question.... Is she stage 4?
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