Pacing 80 % of the time

Went to the doctor for pacemaker check early today and doctors comment was yep your pacing not to bad...I asked what it was and he said 80% ...It seems like he has told me this before..I have a Medtronic duel lead..Anyway I guess my question is does this sound to be alot...

4 Comments

Not...

by donr - 2012-02-02 07:02:31

...to someone who is paced 99.6%!

We are all different in our needs. There are some here who are paced 100%. Not unusual at all.

Don

Thanks

by dsparks891 - 2012-02-02 07:02:55

Thanks Don......

pacing 80%

by veronika - 2012-02-05 10:02:19

Hi Veronika here,
I don't think it's a lot. Like Don said: we all have different needs .I have not been on for a long long time. had lots of trouble with my pacer. I am paced 100% in the ventricle, 91% in the atrium. I was shocked at first that my heart is only working 9%. after my first pacer malfunctioning after 6 months (leads not connected properly) this one works o.k. low puls set at 75, high 140 but my heart did a couple of "numbers" at 167!!! how can this happen? it's set at 140 and the heart is faster. Had a checkup with the EP and he said: very unusual. There were 2 episodes and we are keeping a close eye on this.
does anybody have any pain in the shoulder area??? i had a first year "anniversary" of my pacer and I must admit, after the first scare this seems to be o.k.....
I had tachycardia and 2 ablations did not work. so he put in a 2 lead generator.

bradycardia here

by biceps72 - 2012-02-06 12:02:55

pacing approximately 90% in atrium and 0.3% in ventricle. Pacing % doesn't mean much to me. I got the PM and it obviously is needed to get the beat started but after that things work well. Noty sure our pacing % should be a source of big concern.

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