How does a pacemaker work
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I'm having what the doctor referred to as a "generator repair" on my pacemaker next Tuesday. How long does this usually take? What other complications might be found?
Not only did the dose not slow her heart rate significantly, but a 24 hour heart monitor disclosed that the drug was causing pauses in her heart beat. Her doctor has recommended a pacemaker to pick up the missed beats and a higher dosage of the drug to slow her heart rate adequately.
1) What is the (approximate) success rate for this treatment?
2) Is this a reasonable next step?
3) Depending on results, is ablation a possible next step?
re waiting for his appointment to get his pacemaker installed. He has to find some other type of work to do then what he was doing before because he's always done physical jobs. What jobs can he do with a pacemaker? He has cardiomyopathy and we're unable to get a list of programs he can go study or jobs he can do. His heart is at 25%. Thanks.
t recall anyone who said they had problems other that a sore spot on the chest, but almost all people with pacemaker insertions report greater energy and a better quality of life. I also have a pacemaker, and am feeling great. I would proceed with great confidence and pass that on to your Grandmother. She will sail through this and feel much better, and she will undoubtedly get through the procedure better with your support.
The report you have posted is an echo report which looks at the heart wall sizes and chamber sizes as well as the valves, it does not show the electrical system of the heart and how that is working. A pacemaker deals with the electrical system; HY is your doctor saying you need a pacemaker? What is your heart rate during exercise and rest?
I would let you Dr put the pacemaker in if thats what thay decide. 26 beats is prety low I thought 50 for me was low as I'm drop from tachy 150 to 50 with sudden low BP but my dr still has not figured out what going on with me yet I see the cardioligist on the 30th 9 days to go cant wait to have it over with.
t mention how much control the pacemaker has. Is the PM a backup, that kicks in if you HR gets too low, or does it run your HR full-time?
There are several people on this Community who have PM and I hope you'll get some good input from them.
It does seem to me that the device should be adjusted to assure you don't have dizziness problems under normal work-load conditions (standing, walking, light work).
With medication it went up to 42 % which felt a great deal better. After a couple of years my EF plummeted but then I had a bi-v pacemaker/defibrillator implanted and now my EF is 52%. My doctor told me at the start of this journey that it would take about a year to get the medications right and that I wouldn't necessarily feel better. We were up to preserving heart function and the early side effects of the meds did make me feel worse.... with time that subsided.
I cannot understand how, even by VA medical standards, a person taking beta blockers, who has a pacemaker keeping the heart rate under 40bpm, who has uncontrolled Afib, unstable angina, as well as severe aortic stenosis, could possibly NOT be under the very watchful care of a cardiologist.
In terms of decent medical practice, this makes no sense, for this collection of findings indicates serious cardiovascular disease *as well as* treatment currently under way.
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.
My husband has been totally reliant on a pacemaker since unsuccessful surgery for WPW 27 years ago. Recent nuclear testing shows CI although his pacemaker is rate-responsive. He's at the end of life of his 3rd battery. One failed lead was replaced 13 yrs ago and so 3 are in place. He now needs a 4th lead but has ongoing circulation issues from the space occupied by leads. Would a dual-sensor pacemaker be likely to help the CI? Would all models require 2 new leads instead of one?
How many people go back to work with transitory for veritable brain aneurysm and pacemaker for accelerated functional rhythm sass and navy. I continue to miss work with all my problems. Migraines, nausea, functional rhythm, set. Dizzy etc. Would I qualify for disability. Getting to be impossible to work!
Hello Thanks for joining the site and posting your question. This is an interesting one I don't think I've ever encountered. In general, does your French horn rest on the area where your current pacemaker is and where it is to be replaced? I wouldn't think so. And I wouldn't think this will impact your ability to play. However, recovery from the replacement can take a few days to a month or so.
Our bodies do tend to adjust to to medications and our organs do tend to get used to them and return to earlier patterns. Metoprolol is a pretty basic Beta Blocker, there are much stronger beta blockers that will indeed take your blood pressure lower, like Coreg, but drugs of that class are very difficult to take. It's possible that you need to evaluated for a different medication or perhaps a pacemaker. I'd suggest Occupant asked a very good question based on your inquiry.
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