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Chronotropic Incompetence

Because of insurance changes I am beginning a relationship with a new cardiologist and electrophysiologist. Went to see the new cardiologist for a check up/consultation and found out I have a condition called chronotropic incompetence. I have been experiencing a great deal of exercise intolerance, fatigue, shortness of breath, etc for about a year and a half and my other cardiologist mentioned nothing of this condition. I see the new electrophysiologist next week and I am to go in fasting in...

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ICD Migration and trouble sleeping

Hi, I'm new here but I've had my defibrillator for going on five years now. No complications, no shocks, no issues at all really. I had a friend's dog knock my defib further down.

Went to the ER and they did all the stardard tests. Other than the device having been moved, no leads were bothered or knocked loose. The cardiologist gave me the a-okay to be discharged.

But I'm having trouble sleeping. Each time I come close to dozing off, my muscles twitch and scare me awake....

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pacemaker programming

After having a heartbeat of over 200 and a chord breaking on my mitral valve I had a mitral valve repair and a maze to stop the one time afib when the chord broke on the valve. Before the operation my sa node worked after it did not. They put in a saint jude pacemaker to only fire the top chambers. Well now when I work out the adrenaline comes in the av node makes the lower chambers faster then the uppers being paced at 75. This is making the pumping of blood out of sync, how is this fixed? Ev...

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Brady with PM

Has anyone else had sustained Brady with a single chamber PM? I'm set at 50 bpm, I sustained at 42 bpm while resting in the ER. I would also have fast heart rate too while resting. I see the heart doctor on the 30th.
My device was implanted this July, it's a leadless Nanostim.

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Second ablation and risks

Hello all,

I recently had an ablation done and it was somewhat unsuccessful. It has made my heart go into a stable sinus rhythm but I still am having SVT's. In fact I had about 62 episodes in about 9 weeks. Now my cardiologist suggests another attempt but warns me that it may cut off all natural impulses to my heart and I would then need to be 100% paced. I am wondering if anyone else has been faced with this and what your opinions might be. I have CHF and COPD. This is a viciou...

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Pacemakers

According to Which magazine this week there is a problem with pacemakers an keyless entry Hospital have no knowledge of this I am off to have my yearly pacemaker check in Jan so will take it up then

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Pacemaker protruding

Hi, My pacemaker (one month old lies fairly flat except at the top it i protruding more than the rest. I only bring it up because I feel like ---- a lot of the time. Any experience with this?

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DROPPED PULSE

Have been having one little problem. I felt off last week ? why.
Phone call from hosp to get there straight away.Apparently monitor had picked up low pulse rate and instead of rectifying it
nothing.had been changed.
Easily adjusted but I but wondered what would happen if I was away from home and this happened again.
I am paced from 60 upto 180.
I have now become a bit nervous about going away over Christmass.
Could it affect my driving?
Thanks to all .

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St Jude Medical Nanostim leadless study pacemaker

I received a pacemaker July of this year, all has been well until I became sustained bradycardic a few days ago, very symptomatic while at the ER.
My pacemaker should correct the bradycardia, right?
Anyone else experience this?

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Questions

I had my two way pacemaker put in one month ago today. I have had very sharp pains in the last two weeks directly over and or in the pacemaker area. The pace guy did the over the shoulder test and said all was O.K. except three nights ago at 10:15 pm my pulse went to 162 just before the ambulance came to take me to ER.
The cardiologist who put the pacemaker in said the pains are normal in the beginning but my regular cardiologist disagrees.
I feel like hell most of the day and t...

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pulse rate

hi all I had my pm interrogated yesterday and las night my pulse suddenly shot up to 179 was very scared as this has never happened before x

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Arm swelling

Hi All,

My pacemaker was inserted on my right side instead of left, as I have persistent left superior vena cava, in June of 2013. Within the last 6 months or so, my right arm has been swelling and achy. Initially I had an ultrasound that was negative, however, I was put on blood thinners for 3 months anyway. This has recently occurred again. Again, I had a negative ultrasound and negative CT angiogram, so I've been told blood clots are officially ruled out, although I had d-dimer...

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Thumping chest, adrenaline & cagey doctors

I've had a pacemaker since I was 4 years old and have had the box and leads changed multiple times. I'm now 25 and will be going for a box change in a few months.

Since having this latest one implanted 4 years ago, I've had problems with my chest thumping like mad as if I've just been sprinting from an axe murderer, when in fact I've just brushed my teeth; then all of a sudden my heart will beat as it should and I won't be able to feel it.

Does anyone else get this? I als...

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bad surgery= pacemaker=av node burn

Hello. I am a new member and my husband is the one with the pacemaker. Very brief history: Husband is 62 - works ft fairly good health aside from health issues. Heart issues in family. he has non ischemic cardiomyopathy. small anuerym being monitored. . history of PVC's appx 30%. had ablation in 2009 but PVCs returned. Ablation suggested as ejection fraction is around 33-35% and thought was this could improve it. Went to Cleveland clinic in September for another one. at some point conductivity...

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Won't be fobbed off any more

Hi all,

I posted last week because I had chest pain and breathing problems - the PM clinic had refused to see me to check my settings as they said they were OK and I needed to see my GP.

In my primary care trust in the UK you are discharged by cardiology as soon as your settings seem OK - in my case, 6 months and one appointment after insertion.

Well, I've localised the pain to the area where the leads are attached to the heart - and the vein where the leads are...

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AT and pacemaker

My pacemaker is supposed to keep my heart from beating at less than 60 bmp. But I have atrial fibrillation and if I check my pulse I get pauses in my heartbeats. Does that mean my heart is not responding to the electric pulses it is getting from my pacemaker. I have asked this question when my pacemaker was checked, but found the answer too vague and unconvincing--basically, don't worry about it.

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Pacer

I have a pacer-sinus node problem. I have been having issues with breathing for about 6 months. Went to doctor five different times. Interrogated my pacer and tech found that something was turned off. She turned it back on and now seems my oxygen level is back but not up to par.

Could someone tell me what they did turn back on. I no that she said my level was staying at 60 and we went for little walk after ward and it went from 60 to 87. Think it had to do with blood and oxygen but...

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New Pacemaker Dropping Too Low

I have a new pacemaker (three weeks) and it is set to go no lower than 60 beats per minute. In the last two days it has dropped to 47 but quickly goes back to 60 and higher. Is this normal? Thanks!

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Pounding, irregular hertbeat

Hi Y'all,
I've been having a pounding, irregular heartbeat on and off for 25 hours now. I am dizzy, a little nauseous, at times. At times my heart pounds so hard my body moves with it. But it skips beats, and races up to 130 BPM. I'm paced up to 130. I called my cardiologist this morning after a restless night. He asked me to do my CareLink over the phone and called me back to say I've been fluttering and with periods of a-fib since yesterday afternoon. He told me I could wait it ou...

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Phrenic stim after BIV/ICD implant

After implantation of BiV/ICD for LBBB and EF of 30 for Idiopathic cardiomyopathy, I developed twitching just under my left breast on day 5 after surgery. Its worse when I lay on my left side, cough or belch, or get a rise in heart rate suddenly. I went to device clinic and out of 17 possible setting on my third lead, none keot the twitching away. I know the lead was very close to the phrenic nerve but there was no abnormal stim during surgery or right after.Has anyone had this and what options...

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