how long does a pacemaker procedure take

Sorry you haven't gotten any help, it may be the "generator repair" part is the problem. I do not recall ever reading anything about a "generator" in discussions about pacemakers. Are you sure you have the referral information correct? I'm sure the referral includes transfer of information doctor-to-doctor, so you should be safe regardless of your understanding. Good luck. Maybe my "bump" on your post will get a pacemaker experienced person to comment.

s speciality is the heart so I would take their advise over a PCP. From what I understand, having a-fib for a long period of time can cause damage to your heart. That is what my EP told me, and when my a-fib became progressively worse and more frequent it was decided that an ablation was needed. Now the AV node ablation is something I do not know alot about.

s like when you have to deal with heart issues for a long time. Take it from someone who had SVT for 36 years. I know all will eventually work out fine. It's good they cured your Vtach now because it would have become an issue for you down the road. That's now out of the way. I know how frustrating this must be for you-we are all here to get you through this.

I am a 33 year old women who was diagnosed with svt when I was 16, I have many episodes of palpitations my doctors have tried me on numerous medications and it has not shown any signs of helping, I am going in to talk to my doctor about doing the ablation but I am a little nervous about the procedure how long will it take and will i be in the hospital do u get to go home the same day or do they make u stay the night for observations as well as how long u have to stay off work.

hi! Is it a constant pain or does it come and go. i have a pacemaker as well, got it back in feb. and i occasionally feel pains shooting down my arm. is hers a duel pacemaker, that has a difibulator? i dont know why her pacemakers implanted, but if it has a difibulator the pain would come but it should go. if not she might want to see her cardiologist or electrophysiologist again and make sure she not expierencing a heart attack.

I do not understand how an ablation does not stop the AFib, and yet a patient would one not feel the symptoms of A-Fib. Since I am still symptomatic, are there any other options for me now? I am beginning to feel depressed. Thank you for any help you can give me.

You could have a slow beat caused by what is known as a bundle branch block.I have that and needed a pacemaker. My heat rate dropped below 40 beats a minute. An ekg or echo cardiogram will pick it up. With the pacer mine is now a steady 60 beats.Good luck.

All surgeries have some risk, but I think catheter surgery (done with catheters through an artery) are among the lest dangerous. You didn't say why you are considering surgery. If the "problem" is minor you may want to consider living with it rather than take any risk. Talk it over with your doctor. The worst I've read that I think can be a bad outcome of sinus node surgery is the sinus node shuts down and one then has to have a pacemaker implanted.

If she is indeed pacemaker dependent, and she has had a pacemaker for this long then most likely once the battery is fully depleted then she will no longer have a stable ventricular escape rhythm. She may pass away from asystole in a few minutes, hours or days, one is unable to predict exactly when it will occur. If she is lucid and competent then she should be able to make the decision not to undergo the device change-out procedure.

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?

Really this is a question for the implanting doctor to answer, as he know his own rate of complications. In general at our institution the immediate risks are of lung collapse, bleeding in the pocket or around the heart requiring pericadiocentesis ( draining of the blood around the heart) or open heart surgery. This is very rare, occurring less than 1/1000 patients. Long term consequences include infection of the device or leads, requirement of long term follow up.

d ask myself how much i trust his heart doc and then write down a list of questions for the doc about the could? what if? how long? etc. Good luck to you......

But during the recording of these pauses he did not suffer from any syncope, he has not had any syncope from january 2017. Our cardio told us that he requires a pacemaker (DDDR) to act as a safety mechanism if any further syncopes occur. We (family) and he is totally unwilling of the procedure. Is it totally necessary? Or will he die without the pacemaker?

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.

I had surgery six weeks ago to have a pacemaker put in. There were complications and the Dr. pierced my lung and a chest tube had to be inserted. I still have alot of pain from where the chest tube was and I have some numbness on the left side of my back, side and arm. My chest is still extremely tender from where my pacemaker was placed. I am wondering if this is all normal. My pacemaker scar is very bad looking as well.

I still have the sensation of A-Fib. He prescribed few combo (medications) for me to take. He also adjusted the pacemaker programme. As I know, long term pacing the right ventricle can cause heart failure. As you know, A-Fib remain fib in Atria. It can't conduct to ventricle after the av node ablation so you won't feel much of it (you gain back the quality of life). Many remain need to take blood thinner.

My cardiologist told me before the stent was put in that i should have my 2-wire pacemaker replaced with a 3-wire pacemaker. So I began making arrangements for this procedure. Now my Cardiologist tells me that I have to wait another 5 months to do this because I don't dare stop the Plavix and aspirin. And that I cannot have any kind of invasive surgery during the 1st 6 months. I just learned this a month after the stent was put in. My main question is this. What all is invasive surgery?

After a (small) stroke conjectured to have been caused by atrial febrillation (accompanied by a heart rate of 160 (3x her normal rate)), my wife had a pacemaker implanted and is now on coumidin, digoxin, and metoprolol. In a brief phone conversation with her doctor, she asked how long she'd be on the coumidin. He responded, "forever.

How long does a pacemaker procedure take

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