Pacemaker complications
Common Questions and Answers about Pacemaker complications
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AV Node ablation seems like a drastic decision for SVT. To do so destroys the AV node and requires the use of a pacemaker. If you're not using a pacemaker, then you were ablated in some other area of your heart. Hopefully, this is the case. Please elaborate, so the proper response can be given.
My mother-in-law, who will be 95 is April, was recently hospitalized has several episodes of arrhythmia at the hospital. the doctor recommends a pacemaker. What are the pros and cons of someone her age to have a pacemaker implanted?
A lady friend underwent open heart surgery to repair/replace two heart valves and to do a mini maze to stop atrial fibrillation. She has been in the hospital for the past 10 days due to complications and had a pacemaker installed a few days back to address low heart rate. This, new to me, is due to swelling due to surgery and the swelling is restricting heart beat signals to the ventricle muscles - it is our hope that when the swelling goes down the pacemaker will not be needed.
She does not bath herself or even eat. Does anyone know what complications could arise from the pacemaker.
This device looks like a pacemaker and is implanted at the same position as a pacemaker. One of the possible functions of the ICD is antitachycardia pacing.
It is an expensive device. You should discuss with your cardiologist if you would benefit from such a device or that perhaps other treatment options that you have not yet considered might be more beneficial.
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?
I had a pacemaker inserted back in December.I now am not certain that this was the right decision my question is will the pacemaker cause other problems to my heart?
I am having ablation done on Monday morning (this is Friday) and just thought to look up complications. I have atrial tachycardia, but am not fainting from it. I am now worried about the complications and scar tissue. What is the rate of complication for this? I did not want to go the drug route.
my in office EKG and echo cardio stress test both had abnormal results (echo 4 years ago was normal). My symptoms have been the feeling of heart racing, then feeling light headed and at the few seconds of the heart racing, I feel I cannot get my breath. The next test he wants to conduct is a heart cath. Should this be the next test; it seems very invasive.
Premature beats of the ventricles or atria are not (in themselves) dangerous and rarely cause any further complications. However, since your heart has been given an artificial pacemaker for whatever reason, it stands that your electrical system is likely not functioning properly.
My 90 year old mother has had a pacemaker for more than a year with no complications or problems. She lives independently, uses a walker, and is relatively active for her age. Her cardiologist wants her to come in to talk about starting to take coumadin. This is not based on any recent testing, etc. Why would she need to take such a strong blood thinner, one with so many potential complications?
I am 48 and am on my 3rd pacemaker since 1999 for SSS. In Dec 2011, I was found to have moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation. I had an echo which also indicated mild enlargement of the right atrium and ventricle; I then had a right heart cath and I do not have pulmonary hypertension. I don't pace very much and I have about two years left on this system. (Medtronic EnPulse)
Questions include why I would develop tricuspid regurg all of a sudden? Could my lead be causing this?
Just wondering, has anyone out there had a pacemaker implanted as a result of an arrhythmia? If so, how is it for you, are you aware of it all the time or do you forget about it? Thanks.
I have tried everything, including new emerging therapies such as botox and the Gastric pacemaker. The gastric pacemaker caused so many more problems that I ended up having to get it removed. The doctors diagnosed me with idiopathic gastroparesis since they can't seem to find a reason why I had an abrupt onset of this disease. I have been a vegetarian since I was 4 years old but this showed no significance. Before the onset of GP I was an athlete that played sports year round.
My sister-in-law, a pharmasist, favors the medication route, pointing to the possible complications of pacemaker implant and the normally benign course of VVS (I should have told you my reason for first seeking care was CPR and bagging triggered during a minimally invasive medical procedure). My mother, a director of a school of radiologic technology, favors the pacemaker. One other cardiologist said that he had a patient like me who didn't get a pacemaker who died.
This is when your resting heart rate is below the average and not because you are a world class competitive athlete. For some people, it is not a serious issue and has no symptoms or complications. Others, it is more serious and they may require a pacemaker. If you have bradycardia, your doctor will want to try to uncover the underlying cause to treat it. There are many reasons why it can occur. https://www.mayoclinic.
This seems like a very difficult situation for you and your family.
The best way to begin addressing this question is to ask your cardiologist whether your mother is "pacemaker dependent" or not. Pacemaker dependent means that the heart is reliant on the pacemaker, and without it, the heart cannot pump fast enough to meet the demands of the body. (There are others who need the pacemaker infrequently as a "back-up", for the rare times when the heart rate slows down).
I have a pacemaker and it is keeping me alive. I am paced at 100% which means if I did not have this device, I would not be here. A "danger", if any, might be the fact that you need to have the devise interrogated every 6 mo. There is a battery life and when it runs down, the device is replaced. I still have 3 yrs on my battery and have not experienced the battery change. I rank this invention right up there with antibiotics.
I'm curious. If you're having a pacemaker, how do you know there is an A-Fib? Do your pacemaker senses if A-Fib then it'll pace it out? Isn't it during A-Fib, the EKG will show "paced rhythm"? Why the ER doc told me, they can't tell what rhythm that I got during pacing. All he can tell "Paced rhythm"! Do you have 2 leads pacemaker or 1 lead pacemaker? Sorry for asking that, I want to learn my condition.
It goes in spurts... it will get better from time to time. My husband has idopathic gastroparesis. In the last 8 years it has gotten better and then he will have a flare up. Each flare up got worse, and then August 2009 it was worse than over. Between August 2009 and February 2010, he was hospitalized a total of 9 times. He can't work and it has totally paralyzed his life. He had surgery on March 1, 2010 to have a gastric pacemaker implanted.
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