Pacemaker procedure blood clots
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my mother just recently had a pacemaker put in on 2/5/11, since then she is experience leg swelling and blood clots. her sleeping habits are off,her eatting habits are poor and sometimes walking is effected. since her release from the hospital there's been problems. she is also sufferimg from dimensia, which i do feel has some effect but before all of this medical problems she was not so bad off.
I assume based on having a pacemaker there are inherent risks of blood clots and you are taking antiplatelet medication. It seems the biggest problem with tats and a heart condition are the blood thinners involved. A good artist will not tattoo anyone on aspirin...excessive bleeding washes out the ink and there are other technical problems. If you are on antiplatelet medication, there may be a slight risk to avoid the medication for several days prior to the procedure.
What conditions should i be worried about that might possible be affecting my blood...I have had my blood count checked a few times and all is fantastic, meaning it's not cancer, so what else can it be...I've never really been sick before...and If i had some kind of blood clotting disorder than wouldn't you think this would have been noticed before...?
Also, the med helps stable the heart rate, but if the sinus node pacemaker output is abnormal, the heart rate could be slow enough to cause formation of blood clots and a heart attack or too fast causing the heart to be unable to pump enough blood into circulation with each heartbeat and cause heart failure.
As it turned out, thankfully they did the TEE because my pacemaker leads were totally covered in what they called vegetation, but which really means blood clots. The ablation was cancelled, because there would have been a good chance of me having a stroke as they were going through the barrier (can’t bring the medical term to mind). At least if they broke from where they were I’d have had a pulmonary embolism, and the prognosis of that is much better than having a stroke.
I had a pacemaker put in in mid-June (2009). It's on the left side. My left arm is swollen, tight and sore and really has been for the last 7 or 8 weeks. A dopler test revealed no blood clots. My electrophysiologist said sometimes (but not usually) it takes the other smaller veins a while to get the blood rerouted. He said since the test showed no blood clots, he's not particularly worried.
It will control your ventricular rate and you will still need anticoagulation therapy to prevent blood clots forming in the atria. Many electrophysiologists have gotten trained in how to do AF ablations over last decade and pacemakers should be the last option unless you are stuck in a clinic that is no good at AF ablations. Unfortunately, there are still many of those around.
While and ICD implant is a procedure, it is not really surgery. And ICD is typically placed on one day and pt goes home the next. Usually no anesthesia is needed. Risk is very minimal.
2. If your ejection fraction is low, the ICD will serve as an "insurance policy"--ie hopefully you'll never need it but you'd be sure glad you had it if your heart "tried to die" on you
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It took a total of 10-15 min for the procedure itself, then I had to be taken to have a pacemaker/icd implanted since my arteries were clear.
I think normally, you go back to your room after the procedure and have to lay flat for awhile and then have the stint removed and pressure placed on the site for a certain amount of time [mine was 20 min] the pressure part was worse then feeling the cut, but that's just my exeperience.
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?
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.
What you may be referring to are pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in respiratory system). To test for that can be pulmonary angiography with a catheter device . It's not available at all hospitals, and a trained specialist must perform the test.
Pulmonary angiography is a test used to diagnose pulmonary embolism. The procedure involves a flexible tube called a catheter that is threaded through the groin (upper thigh) or arm to the blood vessels in the lungs.
Often prior to an ablation a Dr will request a TEE (transesopogeal echocardiograph) This procedure requires the insertion of a tube through your mouth and down your throat so that they wan insert a probe and do an echo right next to the heart to check for blood clots. They numb you out to do this and it is really no big deal although you may experience a sore throat for a couple day.
My EP had me on it and he also called for a TransEsophageal Echo Cardiogram just before the ablation to make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN I had no clots hiding anywhere to be knocked loose during the procedure. Clots can be life threatening. If one comes out of the right side of your heart it can/likely will head straight for the lungs. Can you spell pulmonary embolism? If a clot comes out of the left side of your heart it can go anywhere and cause an embolism/thrombosis.
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?
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?
I got a pacemaker in mid-June on the left side. After the initial swelling subsided, I noticed my left arm was swollen and the left side of my neck and the back of my left should were tight and stiff. That continues now two months after the procedure. I had a doppler ultrasound on Thursday that revealed no clots. My electrophysiologist saw me and said, "I see that it is swollen." (The forearm and bicep are uniformly about an inch larger on the left side.
Thanks for your response. Sorry to hear of the medical problems associated with the pacemaker. I believe anti-platelet medication should be stopped for at least 7 days if there is not any greater than the risk for so doing. Hope it goes well with your mother. Take care.
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.
when I was last in hospital, an 87 year old man in the bed next to me had a pacemaker fitted. Before the procedure, he could hardly walk, even using a frame, and was always
panting/going dizzy. Within one day of the procedure he was walking without the frame
and wasn't panting. His colour returned to normal and I was totally shocked and blown away by the transformation.
A lack of blood flow to appropriate areas of the heart can be due to blocked vessels usually caused by plaque buildup, or if there has been a prior heart attack damaged heart muscle may be scarred.
It may be a necessary precaution to be off plavix for (I believe 24 hours) in the event of bleeding from an accidental rupture, etc....Also, the insertion site for the cath will heal faster. Some people have problems with the healing process, I had no problem.
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