heart monitor

I had a pacemaker implanted about a year ago. Does anyone know if using the exercise bike's handles at the gym that gives you the heart rate interfere with the functioning of the pacemaker?

6 Comments

Ditto

by Reboot1212 - 2013-07-24 09:07:30

The monitor handles on my treadmill reset intermittently when I use them. Doesn't seem to bother Sparky, though.

No

by Grateful Heart - 2013-07-24 10:07:23

I use them all the time....no problem.

I also use a Polar HR monitor.

Grateful Heart

monitors

by Tracey_E - 2013-07-25 07:07:00

The monitor will not interfere with the pm, but the pm may interfere with the monitor. I can't get a reading, it says 0. Others find it reads too high because it's picking up the pacing spikes as well as the heart beats. And others don't have problems with it.

Thank you

by corazon - 2013-07-26 12:07:15

Thank you for your responses...I actually contacted St Jude Medical and they pretty much told me that my device should be ok while using the heart monitor at the gym.

No

by lahbigbro6 - 2013-08-03 07:08:15

I have a bike with a heart rate on handles. They do not interfere at all. Good luck on your bike. No excuses ....lol !

heartrate monitors

by zr1john - 2013-09-24 08:09:39

monitors that use electrical signals are often fooled
by counting both the PM's pulses and your own heart's
pulses. A few HRM's use LED's to measure the the light
variation in the skin to accurately determine HR, but they're expensive. I agree that HRM's don't affect your PM

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