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Dental work and PaceMaker

Last time I had dental work (cavities) my dentist prescribed anti-biotics when I told him I have a pacemaker and cardiac issues. Now I need more work and my dentist has retired, his replacement knows nothing about it, my cardiologist knows nothing about it. If anyone can chime in it would be much appreciated.

 

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Feeling my heartbeat

Hi everyone,

This is my first time posting (but I've been lurking for a while.) My name's Aatikah, I'm 23 and I've had my pacemaker for just over a year now. I don't know if I'm just being paranoid but for the last three days I've been feeling my heartbeat quite hard for no reason. I've not been doing anything out of my normal routine and usually when I'm resting my heart rate increases slightly and my heart beats fast to the point where I can fe...

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Question about dual lead pacemaker

I have a dual lead Biotronic pacemaker.  My question is does the ventricle lead interfere at all with the mitral valve?  I have a mildly prolapsed mitral valve, but very rarely had an irregular heart beat. Since the pacemaker has been inserted the irregularities have increased greatly.

Also, something new .... walk 10 feet and heart rate goes from 60 to 90.

I mentioned in an earlier email that the heart hospital here closed and all the cardiologist and the one EP ha...

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99.9% pacing-- interrogation -escape rhthym

I have been virtually 100% paced for most of my pace maker years - now going on 9 years.  I had my 6 month interrogation today and asked the Medtronic tech what my escape rythym is   . She said they can only let the heart rate go down to 30 bpm on the interrogation and  thats where  mine was.   Now I am wondering, without the pace maker, would my heart beat at all or would there be a survival mode.  I don't have any heart damage and elected to get the pace ma...

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99.9% pacing-- interrogation -escape rhthym

I have been virtually 100% paced for most of my pace maker years - now going on 9 years.  I had my 6 month interrogation today and asked the Medtronic tech what my escape rythym is   . She said they can only let the heart rate go down to 30 bpm on the interrogation and  thats where  mine was.   Now I am wondering, without the pace maker, would my heart beat at all or would there be a survival mode.  I don't have any heart damage and elected to get the pace ma...

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Translation of a medical report from Spanish to French.

Hi everyone.

I am looking for a qualified person that can tranlsate my medical report from Spanish to French. If anyone is intrested in doing the tranlsation or knows of others that can do it, please let me know, I am currently living in Barcelona

Thank you in advance,

Aitor Pomposo.

 

 

 

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Yoga

Hi all

I have a question. I regularly do plank , bow pose and cobra pose. I have no problem but somewhere i read that these poses can pull out leads. My pacemaker is near my left armpit . I don't know I should continue or not with these poses . Seeking advices

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New member

Hello all!  I was recently diagnosed with a 3rd degree AV Block and am supposed to get a PM installed soon.  I am a 42 years old and have always been active but recently started getting winded easy in the past year and felt dizzy after standing.  Who knows why it happened but don't really care.  I just want to get this thing done and feel better.  My doctor told me I could get the PM installed deeper into the pectoral muscle to make the bulge less noticeable. &nbs...

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tattoo

The tattoo artist has said he cannot give me a tattoo due to the tattoo machine giving off a strong magnetic field which can effect the pacemaker. Is this ture??

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Palpitations

  Hi All, 2nd post.

                I am 4 months post dual pacemaker for heartblock 1 and 2. I still feel palpitations but reading posts people are saying the heart cannot miss beats with a pacemaker fitted. When I feel them I put my blood pressure monitor on and this also picks up the missed beats. It can occur once or ten times a day and sometimes nothing for two days.  I am currently working hard to lower my blood pressure through di...

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Micra

I'm 45 year old, triathlete, very active person at work.

about 2 months ago I found out that I needed a pacemaker, so my EP prescript me a MICRA leadless pacemaker, since that in having panic attacks, etc.

i got Blue Cross blue shield health insurance ( Florida blue) they denied my procedures a couple times, they saying that is an Experimental investigational procedure. I'm going to try something called external review, as my last resort, expecting to get approved, me...

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Odd thing happened in the night!

I have been having problems with my throat the past few days. I think it is my neck, I have a bad habit of holding my neck close to my chest watching tv in bed or watching tv. I also have spinal stenosis of the neck... anyway, been having pain when I take deep breaths or turn sideways with it. ... back to the strange thing that happened about 5:30 this morning. I was slepping on side, felt cold, reached for blanket. I sleep with a CPAP machine . I took  a deep breath , it hurt in my thro...

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Blood pressure drop

Hi all,

i am new to this site and my first post so I am hoping to receive some feedback. I had a St Jude dual chamber pacemaker implanted in December 2015.

I had my first alblation in June 2015 due to AF. After the surgery and follow up it was advised that I required a further alblation this took place in October after this I was advised I required a pacemaker due to Sick Sinus Syndrome.After a short time following the implant I noticed I was very lightheaded a...

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In the club!

Hello all. I ran into this site a few weeks ago and gathered alot of information in anticipation of my PM surgery, which was yesterday. I'm on the mend and want everyone to know that I went in "equiped" with knowledged because of this club. I only had few questions to ask the medical staff since I was educated through the club. I'm looking forward to a long relationship here!

 

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Any Angina Experts out there ?

I realise that this is a forum for cardiac electrical problems and that angina is a symptom of a plumbing problem but :_

When I run , after a mile or so I feel a transient chest discomfort which my cardiologist says is  probably angina  (  I love diagnoses which begin with the word "probably". It fills me full of confidence )

I have had a CT coronary angiogram and they found that my right coronary artery is 35% blocked. It seems that in...

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Breast screening.

Has any of our female members had breast screening , with pacemaker fitted.?

I wondered if their were any complications as    the screening itself usually pulls on the muscles around the pacemaker.

Thanks Jillygirl.

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Anyone in their 20s with a pacemaker?

24 year old male from Kenya fitted with a Medtronic Pacemaker. Would really appreciate interactiong with young people that have a pacemaker and share experiences.

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Anyone in their 20s with a pacemaker?

24 year old male from Kenya fitted with a Medtronic Pacemaker. Would really appreciate interactiong with young people that have a pacemaker and share experiences.

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MRI is safe for non-MRI PM and ICD's

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Conclusions

In this study, device or lead failure did not occur in any patient with a non–MRI-conditional pacemaker or ICD who underwent clinically indicated nonthoracic MRI at 1.5 tesla, was appropriately screened, and had the device reprogrammed in accordance with the prespecified protocol."

 

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1603265

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Tattoos

Does anyone know how close to the crt I can get a tattoo?

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You know you're wired when...

“Batteries not included” takes on a new meaning.

Member Quotes

Yesterday was my first day mountain biking after my implant. I wiped out several times and everything is fine. There are sports after pacemakers!