Pacemaker insertion tachycardia
Common Questions and Answers about Pacemaker insertion tachycardia
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The American Heart Association Guidelines list a range of indications for permanent pacemaker insertion, including a period of asystole lasting more than 3.0 seconds. Does your 2.8 second pause warrant pacemaker insertion? Once again, this should only be considered in patients without an underlying reversible cause such as hypokalemia or pauses occurring in the presence of SVT. A repeat Holter following correction of your hypokalemia will be important.
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Ablation of atrial tachycardia is successful in approximately 75% of patients (see Scheinman PACE 2004). The rate of major complications (including pacemaker insertion and stroke) is less than 1%. Although this risk is low you do need to consider what such a complication would mean for you and how that compares with a more conservative (low risk) alternative such as taking meds.
I would recommend discussing these options with your EP.
Some things that can be done if there are signal issues like blocks are the insertion of a pacemaker. If your friend is falling into sustained ventricular tachycardia an ICD can be placed to help jolt them out of the rhythm. That said, if the pvcs are isolated and your friend's heart is functioning relatively normal they may not need to do anything about the pvcs. Isolated pvcs in a generally healthy heart are not considered a danger.
The normal pacing rate for the ventricles is even slower. Most of the time though when somebody refers to tachycardia, they are referring to a sinus tachycardia meaning the rate is coming from the sinus node (this is the normal pacemaker for the heart) and is greater than 100 bpm. The only reason why a rhythm is originating from somewhere other than the sinus node is because there is some abnormality.
The pain associated with an implanted pacemaker may be musculoskeletal or nerve related. Most likely related to the minor surgery required for insertion of the pacemaker. This type of pain related to the incision should heal within weeks. If you have persistent chest pain at the site of the pacemaker, it might be reasonable to see your doctor so that possible causes can be evaluated.
I was wondering if Tachy-Brady Syndrome can coexist with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome and what the best treatment options are. Is a pacemaker indicated? Since my cardiologist mentioned it as a last resort.
Tests that have been done and results:
- Tilt table test: cardio-inhibitory response after 15min.
It makes sense that a heart rate that slow, that consistently will need pacing to bring it back up to a more normal rate.
He has already gone over the risks high chance of ending up with a pacemaker. I will have to stay in the hospital over night to have my heart continuously monitored. I wanted to hear some other stories from people who have had this procedure, how long was the hospital stay? when did you go back to work? any complications?
I am a 40 year old female with arrythmias, sinus tachycardia my heart rate at rest is 110 I am scheduled to see an electrophysiologist on the 8 of july I think after everything I read I would rather have a pacemaker than a catheter ablation what do you think? I can not take beta blockers because of my blood pressure being too low and I need to get my heart slowed down because I have a rare lung disease and for me to have the open lung bypass my heart must be fixed first.
In my experience, when a Pacemaker is inserted by a Cardiologist, a representative by the Pacemaker manufacturer follows up the insertion and programs the pacemaker in the hospital. It's not unusual that it has to be tweaked from time to time. If your husband still isn't feeling right, I'd request that you contact your Cardiologist and ask for a manufacturer's rep to be present to review the history of your heart beats since it was inserted.
The pacemaker will protect me from lower heart rate, but will not prevent tachycardia. I have 2 types of pacemaker to choose from: standard or integrated with auto-defib
2. Medication
a. My current medication dosage has acceptable side effect, but over time when its dosages increase or when more aggressive medication is needed, it may not be tolerable.
b. I will end up with pacemaker then.
I was diagnosed with Sinus Tachycardia four years ago. I have suffered with tachycardia on and off for the last 20 years. I also suffered with anorexia nervosa from the same time, age of 15.
In the last year, this condition has exacerbated tremendously. HR 184/5 with moderate daily activity (I am a home Mom) together with low BP.
A 48 HR ECG monitor showed at night sleep my HR is close to 80. Upon waking up shoots to 126 then shoots to 184 without effort or exerting myself.
Normally, she should not have such pain after the insertion of the pacemaker. Maybe its position is causing some muscle spasm that is affecting her arm. The best option is to take her back to the doctor who inserted the pacemaker and explain the situation to him.
If she has some fever, it may mean that the pacemaker place is infected and needs an urgent intervention.
I have pacemaker due to bradycardia/tachycardia and AF. O'm doing well but am gaining weight - I read that sotalol, prescribed by the cardiologist, causes weight gain. If so, what can I take in its place? The cardiologist tells me to "just compensate for it". I've cut my calories intake drastically, but no luck!
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/250339'>Atrial Fibrillation or Tachycardia</a>.
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.
The ARNP came in and looked at the rhythm (and felt my diaphragm) and said it was PMT (pacemaker-mediated tachycardia). I rolled to my back for a 12 lead EKG and it terminated. I went to see my cardiologist that afternoon and he adjusted the settings on my device and gave me a 30 day event monitor......but I'm still having tachy episodes. My question is, could this possibly be related to my ablations from 2007?
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