Pacemaker lead removal

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Avatar m tn from time to time i get a burning sensation around my lead and pacemaker connection, with this i will have a pain from that area to my shoulder. my wires/leads stick out under my skin a little more then rest of my pacemaker, but i dont know if this is common since my pacemaker is placed on my right side of chest. shoulder pain and burning sensation with pacemaker kind of work as a team, is there anything that i'm doing wrong? i'm not tugging or pulling on anything just sitting around.
Avatar m tn should I get a pacemaker, and what are the risks with lead removal and how can I lessen that risk, and will getting the pacemaker shorten my lifespan (even with the prevention of SA)? Thank you for any advice...
Avatar n tn I had my pacemaker and leads removed almost three years ago now and have been great ever since. However I only it in for four months so nothing had set yet. I got it because of asymptomatic bradycardia secondary to post viral small fiber neuropathy from mono and it was determined that the doctor who implanted didn't do proper testing prior to implantation (I was only 24 at the time) to see if I actually needed it, which I didn't and it hurt me more than it helped.
Avatar f tn Could there be a lead broken or what would cause the pain and burning? Also, could I safely have the pacemaker removed and I be able to live just fine without it? The doctor doesn't see any signs of infection and doesn't know the reason for the pain and burning sensations, and said the pacemaker seems to be working fine.
Avatar f tn hi i have a dual chamber lead pacemaker and my pacemaker clinic believes my pacemaker lead had either dropped or dislodged and is pacing me where i don't need pacing it's my question is can the leads cause pvcs how can a venogram check the position my leads.
Avatar f tn It was later determined at autopsy that her pacemaker lead had fractured. It was a Medtronic pacemaker. I have been in disbelief since then. I understand that these are just wires.And as an electrophysiologist so eloquently put it, "they are like a paperclip.If you bend a paperclip enough times, it will eventually break." And that leads are the "achillles heal" of the pacemaker. This to a mourning mother doesn't sit well.
Avatar f tn I have a pacer, and agree with ireneo, pacemaker (generator) removal is pretty straight-forward, but removing the leads would like pulling a fishhook out of your heart muscle.
Avatar m tn After reviewing a chest x-ray and testing the pacemaker, the electrophysicologist deactivated the atrial lead (via programming) because it was partially dislodged which was causing it to fire irregularly and only at high levels - this was what was causing the diaphragm twitch. The electrophysiologist explained that the atrial lead targeted Atrial Fib and was primarily for quality of life, whereas the ventricle lead was targeting bradycardia and pauses.
1835862 tn?1318373061 Removal is not always legally possible. For example, if the atrial pacemaker is not functioning, removal of the implant could result in death. Discuss this openly with your physician. The case for implanting a pacemaker is sometimes absolutely clear-cut and in other cases more of a precautionary procedure.
Avatar n tn My friend informed me today that the blood clot on her atrial pacemaker lead has not dissolved (she was on Coumadin) and in fact has gotten larger and more are forming on the lead. What could cause a blood clot to form on a pacemaker lead and how common is this? If anyone has had this happen, what was done or can it be corrected safely? I'm very concerned about her and want to help her find any information that can help.
Avatar n tn My mom Just found out a couple weeks ago that she had a lead wire to her pacemaker that was "cracked". She was scheduled for surgery last night. Right before they started to operate, after she'd been put under, they did something that allowed them to see that the wire wasn't just "cracked". Her lead was broken about an inch from the pacemaker and all of the remaining lead had followed the natural path that the blood takes and was all coiled up inside her heart.
Avatar f tn Does anyone know if they have to remove the old pacemaker (which is a dual lead) or do they just add another lead to it?
Avatar n tn I have a friend that just found out she has blood clots on her Atrial pacemaker lead. She is very concerned and has not gotten any answers as to what caused this or what they are going to do to fix it. The doctors say this is very rare and don't seem to have any answers for her. I know it can be very serious if the clot breaks loose. The clot has gotten larger over the past several months and more have formed on the lead. Did you get any answers about this from your doctors?
Avatar f tn My cardiologist sent me to see a doc in the hospital yesterday who confirmed the damaged lead. He turned the lead off, leaving me basically with a single chamber pacer. He said I could live like that until the battery will die in about 3 years. I shouldn't feel dizzy, die or pass out (his words, not mine). He also recommended lead revision and made me an appointment for that at the end of September. So, what now? Live like this for 3 years or the procedure?
Avatar m tn Hi, I ran into your post while researching for tricuspid regurgitation cause by pacemaker lead/s. I'm wondering how you've been since then and if you've found answers to your questions. I am on my fourth double chamber pacemaker and when they took out my old leads and put the new ones, my tricuspid valve got damaged in the process and now it's leaking. That was 3 years ago and I had a mild TR. Now, it got worse and it's moderate TR now.
Avatar f tn My pacemaker battery had been dead for over a year and a half, and I just now was told that the pacemaker will have to be removed because it can damage the heart if it doesn't have a battery. Is this true? Incidentally, my pacemaker had not been activated for several years, as it was set for the minimum and didn't ever have to kick in.
564032 tn?1216312671 I have a friend that is having to undergo stomach removal because she can not afford the $50,000.00 fee to get a pacemaker placed. Her insurance or medicaid will not pay for the pacemaker. I have heard that the life expectancy for a stomach removal is not very long. My friend is like a mother to me and she is way to young to die! There is not alot of time left before her surgery and I am trying to find out what I can do to help her.
Avatar f tn Originally, I have wpw (SVT & RBBB). A one lead pacemaker (PASAR) implanted in 1982. Which was unable to control the tachy. His bundle ablation was given after 3 years from that. Now I got the number 4 permanent pacmaker (2 leads). I'm not pacemaker dependent. I still have A-tach and A-Fib and I'm still have wpw.
Avatar f tn Now I have a 2 leads St Jude pacemaker. I also got 3 leads in my heart. The current pacemaker is number 4. It implanted in 2002. Not the new model require 2 leads. It depends how many leads that your husband needs. Oh, I rather say it depends your husband's EP choose how many leads for him! They're one lead, two leads. three leads and even four leads pacemaker in the market. Does your husband still has wpw? Was he had the open heart surgery for wpw?
Avatar n tn The lead/s recall (medtronic)? The lead fracture or dislodge? Pacemaker battery died? Need an upgraded pacemaker? Pacemaker recall? What kind and what brand of your pacemaker? Do you have the serial number? You can directly contact the producer and find out why? Mine is St Jude and implanted in 2002. Still got 3 years to go. Once stage they said all the professional needed to download a programme because it reading the battery life in error.
723800 tn?1230887234 When it came to having my second pacemaker inserted about 5yrs ago, they decided to put in a smaller pacemaker and replace the problem lead, after I recovered my chest felt better with the pacemaker not bulging out so much and everything was normal until yet again with the new lead that they had inserted was not working properly.
Avatar f tn Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Apr; 87(4):1275-7. Allergy to pacemaker silicone compounds: recognition and surgical management. Oprea ML, Schnöring H, Sachweh JS, Ott H, Biertz J, Vazquez-Jimenez JF. Source Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. Abstract Silicone is a widely used biomaterial. Contact allergy, particularly to silicone components of pacemaker coatings, is uncommon.
Avatar n tn Hello -- I have a two-lead ICD for HCM and then had a septal myectomy. The surgery decreased my risk, but also left me with complete heart block.So, when the ICD wears out, I'll switch to a pacemaker in the generator changeout. My question: can I keep my leads stay intact, with the high-voltage lead in my right ventricle simply being used as a second pacemaker lead?
Avatar n tn i was brought into the er, where they checked my pacemaker, one lead was off. when they went in to replace that lead they found the other lead off, they also found a black oily substance on my pacemaker. the pacemaker company was called, they told the dr to replace it free of charge. we have no idea what the substance was. the dr said he had never seen anything like it. we are waiting to hear from the company.
Avatar f tn I just had a dual lead pacemaker put in 3 days ago to control accelerated junctional rhythm. The same night of surgery I had ajr of 135 it had overridden my pacemaker. I continue to have junctional rhythms and very rarely is my heart rate,at 85 which is what pacemaker is set at. I can't walk from one room to another without heart racing and out of breath. I feel horrible.. Will this get better as maybe my heart is irritated? I feel worse than. Before pacemaker.
Avatar n tn I just had a new generator put in my pacemaker and my hccoughing continues, i had this condition before the generator was replaced and according to the pacemaker manfacture this is a reason for the change. Why am i still having this condition?