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I have had numerous surgeries including the Fontan in 1987 with a revision of the Fontan in 2006, where at that time I also had a Medtronic Enrhythym Pacemaker install. 3 weeks ago I had a Pacemaker replacement due to the fact my battery on my Pacemaker was running low. The new Pacemaker installed is a Medtronic Adapta. Since the new pacemaker my Heart beat has been all over the place. My 1st Enrhythym was paced at 80 bpm, and it pretty much stayed like that for 5.
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.
//www.medtronic.com/wcm/groups/mdtcom_sg/@mdt/@crdm/documents/documents/electromagnetic-compatibility.
Medtronic, Guidant, and St Jude make up most of the pacer implants, >90%. Medtronic and guidant in particular are very popular. Do some google research, there are some published articles on models names and recalls. And types, look into that too, as there are single lead, 2 lead, etc.
Pacers only activate at too low of a rate, they do nothing over a certain heart rate (usually around 40).
Hi, I found something interesting but keep in mind that I have no expertise at all in this area, I was merely browsing through sites for the specified pacing systems.
For ALTRUA™ Pacemaker Family the following is written under Potential Adverse Events: "Potential adverse events include . . . DEATH . . .". For Medtronic Insync 8040 CRT death is not on the list.
On the Medtronic website it lists "sensitivity to the materials of the pacemaker" as one problem that may occur. Doctors don't seem to be very familiar with this, but Medtronic will supply a patch test kit to test for allergic reactions to their specific pacemaker materials. I expect that the other pacemaker companies can provide something similar. I suggest you call the manufacturer of your pacemaker and find out.
Wondering if anyone has or would consider developing a Droid APP for Medtronics Pacer/Defibers. I have a BiV-ICD and live alone. With the advent of smart phones, I've done away with a land line and so the telephone checkups are no longer an option. I know my unit broadcasts a signal at certain times, because my old heart in-home monitor only needed to be within 50 ft or so to pick up my pacer signal.
My father has recently had a pacemaker installed, which has been a great success. However, he has a query. For years he has slept with a small but very powerful horseshoe magnet in his bed to prevent cramp. (This may be classed as an Old Wives' Tale, but it's undoubtedly very effective - for him anyway!) However, he is now nervous about whether this magnet could affect the settings of his pacemaker, so has given up sleeping with it in his bed.
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. The programme in error but NOT the pacemaker itself.
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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?
My husband had a Medtronic Insync II Marquis pacemaker/defilrillator inplanted in 3/04. Even though he is end-stage & under the care of Hospice, we have been blessed with a pain free illness and would like to keep it that way. Can the defib portion of the pacemaker be turned off so that it does not interfere with a peaceful, painfree death when the time comes?
In August this year I had a pacemaker implanted (3 lead MEDTRONIC C2TRO1) The rate was set at 90 and although relieved that I would not go out of sinus I did not feel well,suffering insomnia, short of breath with almost any sort of exercise. I went last week for my 6 weeks check up and the rate was set at 75. This has improved my awareness of the heart beating but I do not sleep much better, am very tired and a small flight of stairs means that I an beating around 87. Can the rate be lowered?
I am on my third Medtronic pacemaker, recently upgraded to a biventricular pacemaker with defibrillator. I too have had AFib for which I had an ablation, twice. The second ablation took. I am paced 24-hours now (though not pacemaker dependant...yet) and I am pretty happy with the device itself, though I still have severe rhythm problems.
I have a medtronic pacemaker,battery change next year,but can low blood pressure be due to low battery, also had stent put in august, 90% lad clogged. I have the pacer that's not defublator, pressure drops to low kicks in. I have been feeling dizzy tired no appetite, nauseated, but have to eat because of meds have to take. I am having pain in my chest and kind of short of breath.
My husband had a Medtronic ICD implanted in 2004. Unfortunately he has one of the recalled leads. He had the generator replaced in 2/09 and was told the lead was not broken. Four weeks later he received four shocks and went to the ER. The defibrillator was turned off with the pacer still working. Now the doc wants to replace the lead. This is causing a lot of anxiety and my husband would like to just keep the defibrillator turned off.
I am 46 years old, and about to undergo my third pacemaker implantation. I originally had my first pacemaker at 33 years of age, after having cardiac catheterization for SSS, tachy-brady syndrome. I am questioning the lead longevity. How long do leads typically last? I have a Medtronic device currently. I am also requesting a longer-life battery pacemaker, is that a good choice? I was told the longer batteries can last up to 10 years.
The reason I know about this information is because I have had a dual chamber pacemaker for the past 13 years. First a Medtronic Thera and now an Adapta. I have also had two ablations, one for AV nodal re entry tachycardia and the other for atrial flutter. I have had complete heart block for many years and am a 90% pacer. My EF is now in the low 30's. Symptomatically I am doing well and still put 20 miles a week in exercising. Did 5 miles this morning. Recently ran an 8:34 mile.
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