Blood Pressure rise

My resting heart rate was very low (32) and my BP was 120/72.After first pacemaker implant BP went up and I was put on 5 mg of Lisinopril. When battery needed replacing the next pacemaker raised my BP even higher 200/100. 40 mg of Lisinopril and 10 mg of amlopidine it is now under control.
What is going on here? My cardiologist says there is no connection between my BP and the pacemaker.
Otherwise the pacemaker has been great.

5 Comments

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by Tracey_E - 2015-03-05 08:03:11

Your dr is correct, all the pm will do is add beats when your heart goes too slowly. As we age, our bp tends to go up. How long since you got the first one? Weight changes or changes in diet? Other meds that might affect it? Lots of things can make bp go up, but the pacer isn't one of them.

I had the same issue

by Busdriver - 2015-03-06 01:03:21

My BP went thru the roof immediately after my implant. My BP was around 194/125. Before I left the hospital, my cardiologist doubled my Lisinopril dosage from 50 mg to 100 mg twice a day. He said over time, a steady heart rate would resolve many issues that are caused by bradycardia.

JUST LIKE BUSDRIVER

by missy - 2015-03-06 03:03:47

My blood pressure was normal prior to my pm 9/2014 and it immediately shot up 194/125. I was put on Lisinopril 10mg. After two weeks my blood pressure was back to "normal" and I have not taken meds since.

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by Sue H. - 2015-03-07 08:03:14

There is something here.....many people say their BP goes up after pacer implant. Mine did significantly. Was way below normal before pacer then shot up way above normal. Been on BP meds ever since.

Any experts on here want to way in on this? I'm really curious about it.

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by IAN MC - 2015-03-09 05:03:39

I'm not an expert but I have a theory :-

- blood is pumped from your heart through your arteries. The more elastic the walls of the arteries are then the lower is your blood pressure

- when you suffer from prolonged bradycardia , which is likely before having a PM fitted, then your artery walls don't need be so elastic and they become accustomed to being less elastic

- after having a PM ,you no longer have bradycardia but it takes time for the artery walls to regain their elasticity. Until they do, your blood pressure will rise.

Any advances on that theory ??

Ian

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