Pacemaker procedure history
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The recommendation for a pacemaker is *never* lightly made, and--unless you are an exceptionally trained athlete--your heart rate was in fact too low. Ordinary people do not faint from dehydration, but they do faint when their blood pressure gets too low to keep them conscious, and that happens when the heart rate is too slow to send oxygen-carrying blood to the brain. Do not kid yourself about this.
Due to extensive ablations, there is a 10% chance I will get complete heart block and will need a pacemaker. 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.
15 minutes into the test, I passed out and my heart rate was 38 with b/p of 64/28, I was told the top chambers of my heart stopped functioning. I have family history of sudden death, maternal grandparents, maternal aunt and two uncles but my mother is fine. I also have lupus and don't want to go on a variety of medications. Would a pacemaker be a good solution for my case?
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.
I realize that you have a lot of history with your mother and her pacemaker, but modern pacemakers don't just "die". When the battery voltage drops to a certain level. The pacemaker will go into an "end of life mode" (battery, not person). It's sort of a last ditch conservation mode until the battery can be replaced. What happens then is the pacemaker will fire to a preset pulse rate. It will no longer take into account what the user's heart is doing.
I'm a 24 year old female with a very long history of severe SVT. I take verapamil 120 tds and flecainide 50 bd and this mostly controls it after years of having virtually no control. I have refused ablation many times (the idea terrifies me). I also have mild LVH. Recently I've been passing out, a couple of times from standing and a couple of times whilst lying down. My boyfriend is a doctor, he says my pulse is pausing and going very weak when I'm out.
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.
Dear Shabna,
The reason that there are 2 incisions for the pacemaker placement is that your child is an infant, which means that the pacemaker is an epicardial pacemaker system. This means that the pacemaker leads have to be attached to the outside of the heart, and this is separate from the placement of the pacemaker generator in the abdomen. Your father, as an adult with large blood vessels, has a transvenous pacemaker system.
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.
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.
This would be a good question for your cardiologist but my guess is. . . that unless your heart simply can't beat at all without a pacemaker, you'll be fine. Most people get the pacemaker because their heart rate is too slow. But slow (say the 30's or 40's) isn't the same as stopped. So you can survive those few minutes while they unplug one unit and connect the leads to the new unit.
My Dad had his replaced and he was in and out in an hour or so.
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.
My daughter had a duel chamber pacemaker and has had several cardioversions for A-Fib and she has NEVER had any problems with the pacemaker or leads following all of her cardioversions. They didn't need and replacements standing by or anything else.
I met with him last July, also looked into a FIRM ablation procedure at OSU. At that time they had only done 26 and I opted to wait. This procedure has a much higher success rate. I am now being seen at the Cleveland Clinic this summer to get their opinion. I don't know where you are located, but they are one of the best centers in the Midwest, and one report I read said in the world. The AV node ablation with pacemaker is a possibility also, and some people are in permanent afib.
On the table Surgeon showed his inability to ablate and advised to put the pacemaker which I denied,procedure closed with the advise to start oral medication like betablockers.
Yr advise and comments appreciated.
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/270886'>Ablation vs. Medication</a>.
This procedure is similar to the implantation procedure, except that usually the pacemaker leads do not need to be replaced. Under local anesthesia, the incision is opened, the generator is detached from the leads and thrown away, a new generator is attached, and the incision is then closed.
The replacement procedure is typically shorter and simpler than the original installation of the pacemaker. Once you are in the lab being prepped for the procedure, external pacing pads are placed...
My father had cognitive changes resulting from his head trauma and the first pacemaker implantation procedure and the related sedation knocked him for a loop. He is ambulating now, regaining memory and stamina but is still quite weak. Should he wait or just have the repositioning done now? He will be going for rehab after hospitalization.
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/656556'>Pacemaker Lead dislodgement</a>.
Well we are very similar in medical history. I had a pacer implanted a year prior to the AV Node ablation and I still suffered through too many AFib events. When one lasted 60+ hrs, I was fed up and agreed to the procedure. I was scared to death but I was not willing to continue fighting the AFib events like I had been doing. The AV Node ablation is very quick and I was home int he afternoon of the same day. I had relief almost immediately. I am off all meds except Pradaxa and atenolol.
Pacemaker batteries will not run out unexpectedly. When a battery is running low, the elective replacement indicator (ERI) is activated. Physicians can detect this activation during a routine office visit. In addition, the battery status and the general functioning of the pacemaker can be tested over the telephone. This is generally done every one to two months.
I am a 28 year old female and I have had a history of SVTs for which I had an ablation in 2001. Recently I began blacking out and after seeing several specialists I was first told that I may have sick sinus syndrome and then I was given this most recent diagnosis and would like to understand what it all means, can you please help me.: Sinus rhythm, Low voltage ECG, Poor precordial R wave progression, left axis deviation, Non-specific T wave changes.
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?
I had a pacemaker implanted 8 weeks ago; I was pleased on how I felt after the procedure. I was climbing 3 flights every day after walking from the parking lot to the building. Last week I underwent an av node ablation as the final procedure to correct my arrhythmia. Since, I started to retain fluids and, consequently, my physical activities diminished considerably. Went to the doctor for the fatigue and breathless issues and I was put on Lasix 40mg/day.
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