What is the pacemaker of heart
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) It is entirely possible that you will continue to have the PVCs on/off. Since you've had them for 10 years, you know they come and go...GRRRR
Hopefully, some members with SSS will stop by with some ideas or suggestions.
If the problem is your walls are too thick, Calcium Channel Blockers are the drugs they generally use because they help to relax the heart muscle and therefore the filling action of the heart is better. If the walls are too thin, then I would think the Beta Blockers would be the drugs of choice. What are you calling a "small" fainting spell? You either faint or you don't.
Here is an excellent web page discussing Bradycardia and possible causes.
http://cvi.med.nyu.edu/conditions-we-treat/conditions/bradycardia-bradyarrhythmia
There is a nice graphic showing the construction of the heart, the SA Node (the heart's natural pacemaker), the AV Node (discharges in reaction to the SA Node Discharge or can Discharge Spontaneously if the SA Node fails to discharge in time.
And two, in the setting of this A fib and a slow heart rhythm, putting in a pacemaker may reduce the amount of atrial fibrillation you're having. But more importantly, the presence of a pacemaker will allow your doctor to put you on anti-arrhythmic medications safely.
If you have a tendency for a very slow heart rhythm, if you were placed on and anti-arrhythmic medication, your heart rate may get so slow you could get dizzy or pass out.
In other cases, people may have no symptoms but are at high risk for dangerously slow heart rates because of disturbances of the electrical system of the heart. A pacemaker may be recommended for these people before symptoms occur. There are no electrical disturbance shown with your post?!
Because a wrong decision can be very serious I would hesitate to second quess a doctor's assessment.
Heart failure range is 29% and lower and it is assumed that parameter does not meet the oxygenated demand of the system and cause symptoms, however, it is estimated that about 26% of a heart disorder (EF>>>>My low EF (below 29%) was caused by an enlarged (dilated) left ventricle. The left ventricle was inlarged due the heavy workload of the high resistence because of ischemia (low blood flow) to heart cells.
I just found out my pacemaker battery is dead. Will I realize any side affects until the new pacemaker is inserted?
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Do you have a pacemaker? The best is to check with your doctor or pacemaker technician. I don't know what can it cause the heart functioning abnormality if you have the inverted T waves? Anyone knows?
It also depends if you're a pacemaker dependent or not. I'm not a pacemaker depend. I go well with the equipment which marks "Pacemaker user caution". If I found my heart beats abnormally, then I stop using it and try again after the heart settle.
The pacemaker paces the heart so if his heart is beating too slow the pacemaker will speed it up. It will be programed to regulate the heart and can be very helpful. I would recommend you talk to the cardiologist and ask why they feel this option is needed and what other options are available. Good luck.
Bystolic and diabetic, Hypertension meds... I am tired all the time and have not been given a real idea of prognosis.
When I was at the doctors office they explained that it is working everytime her heart beats. They told us that the lower right side of her heart is bad. They said the pacemaker is set at 60bpm to keep her heart at a steady beat but when her blood pressure is taken the lower number is always in the 80's. I tryed to ask could the pacemaker be set to high for her body.
It can be two things.
It could be a late ectopic beat. In the setting of PVCs, they may "merge" with the next normal heart beat, so-called fusion beats. A normal and benign phenomenon.
It could be a so-called escape beat; another "pacemaker" in the heart fires a heart beat because your heart rate is slow. This function is essential because it prevents your heart from stopping if your sinus node for some reason should fail.
My problem is that I was passing out with the low heart rate. I felt great for the first two weeks after getting the pacemaker. Then, I started passing out again. After some testing, they found that my pacemaker runs me up to 120 BPM and drops to 55 BPM but does not raise to the acceptable heart rate. The techs from St. Jude reprogrammed but again it only lasted for two weeks.
They have run EEG's, Sleep studies etc.
Unless your mother is in superior condition and will live many years I would not subject to the pacemaker. The pacemaker part is fine but not the defrib part of it. If she slips away that defrib unit will bring her back. As some one who is up in years I would not want that. A nice peace passing is what I would want. Warm regards.
there are specific meds to keep blood pressure under control and trust me sleeping pills are not one of them...like Jerry said call the doc...also like Jerry said a pacemaker is inserted to help regulate the heart when it beats way too slow and controls that....the tach is a whole nother issue and the doc may have given your dad a beta blocker already for that to control the tach and blood pressure at the same time...do not mix any meds over the counter or not.
metoprolol may not correct SOB! The pacemaker has corrected bradycardia!? The pacemaker will override any disruptions of the normal electrical impulses controlling the rate of your heart's pumping action.
SOB is almost always a serious symptom...it was the only symptom for the admitting personal to put me in an emergency status, but I had other symptoms, dry cough, hyperventilating when laying down, etc . She said that is all that is needed is SOB.
I had a pacemaker revision 6 months ago when the unit moved out of the pocket and was actually eroding the tissue and skin. The pacemaker unit both times is at skin level and ready to puncture thru the skin.
I saw my cardiologist yesterday and he says he absolutely has to be redone. However he wasnt sure whether to try again with the existing site or move the unit to my right side. Both has its pros and cons.
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