Pacemaker induced tachycardia

I went back for my one month check up. The nurse pacemaker expert in the office said he thought I was having pacemaker induced tachycardia. I was finding that when I pushed myself hard on an elliptical trainer my heart rate would spike up to 225 or more. They reprogrammed it and I no longer have that problem. Hooray!

Unfortunately I still can have an abrupt drop in heart rate. When my heart rate gets up to about 130 it can abruptly drop to 70. I'm going to have a stress test to see if we can figure out what's going on there this Friday.

I'm a 70 year old male with a two lead boston scientific pacer.
Diagnosis: Mobitz 2 Heartblock
anyone have a similar experience?

1 Comments

More pacemaker caused problems

by LEW49 - 2014-05-04 01:05:37

I had a stress test which indicated that my pacemaker had a cut off at 130 bpm. I asked them to increase the top heart rate that the page maker would permit. They've increased it to 150 bpm. I am feeling much better. I went on a long steep hike yesterday and felt like my old self again.

The moral of the story is keep pushing your doctors if you feel that something isn't right.

You know you're wired when...

Your device acts like a police scanner.

Member Quotes

I feel so blessed to have this little gem implanted in me. When I think of the alternative it is quite overwhelming sometimes.