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Strings of Shocks
Ive been petrified for years and on anti anxiety and amiodarone most recently to ward of anxiety attacks that seem to increase my heart rate enough that it registers as VT. I have also read that if you have unnecessary shocks it can knock your heart into a lethal rhythm.
I have ARVC and have had ablation and am on my second device after two years. I have had over 200 shocks and many times almost 27 in a row, am I alone in this? It doesn't seem worth it. I thought you would only need a shock or two if your heart went out of rhythm?? It seems that anytime I have an increased rate I have a series of very very very painful shocks, no passing out, nothing like that ... actually much more alert. My ICD is set at 207 and 35 for pacing. Any information?
2 Comments
wow!
by Aztec - 2007-09-23 02:09:15
hi , mine is set at 188 and 50m for pacing and i never got a shock or had the pacer kick in yet , maybe yours is faulty ?
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Well Fibby..
by enzobake - 2007-09-20 08:09:36
Fibby,
Has you device always been set at 207? is there a second or third zone turned on? If not and your heart rate is running at 207 or more long enough to get 27 shocks, that is a serious issue for your doctor to handle.
Maybe there is some sort of ventricular lead oversensing? What device do you have?