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should i set the pm @40

Hi!

I just got my pm today. I have been taken atenolol for 20 years. I have a hr at 45_65 for daily activities. I got the pm because of a complete heart block with several episode of syncopy. I have rbbb. Despite that, i usually do not feel heart discomfort. I do not feel tired if i sleep 8_9 hrs.

Is it resonable to set the low limit of the pm at 45? In this way, the pm will not pace and only serve as a backup. I feel normal when i am in bed with a hr at 47. I like a slow...

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Pacing percentage

Just had my pacemaker checked, she said it is pacing 99% of the
time in lower ventricle. This was scary to me. Does this mean the battery will run down sooner? Also, what about when they have to replace it, worried my heart won't work without it.

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I'm learning to be a pest!

Thought it might be helpful for people to know my experience with PM settings. The day after surgery (7/15/13) for third degree block, I went home and became increasingly anxious, spending much of the day pacing. That night I couldn't sleep at all as every few minutes I could feel the pacemaker kick in. I went back to the hospital the next day for observation. The interrogation rep said I seemed to be sensitive to the automatic self test that was going on every 8 minutes or so- thankfully she...

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many questions ??

I have posted before, But I swear I'm at my wits end with this PM business. I had the Medtronic revo surescan PM implanted for 3rd degree heart block on 2/5/22013. I went 4 months and 20 days with my pacemaker set wrong and severe shortness of breath, thousands of dollars later being billed to Medicare, so so many tests,4 hospitalizations, 2 heart cauterizations, and a pulmonary specialist all to no avail, Not my lungs, no blockages NOTHING! It was the settings all along!

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perfect settings

Is there a way for the PM readout paper to tell you it is set perfectly for you personally?

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Monthly pacemaker checks

Does anyone have their pacemaker checked via computer. I have a nurse from a hospital call and we do a check over the phone. Just wondering about the new technology.

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One week and....no upward trending

It may be a very, very small victory but after having the need to increase my voltage climb and climb for the past 7 wks since implant to have it finally stabilize...even for a week...was great news to me. Now, if only it would start trending downward! Because at the rate it is set I will have to have my battery changed in 4 years. Yikes!

I'm very thankful for all the support and encouragement I received from my last post. It's been a very scary time.

I was very disappoint...

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Good PM check

Thought I'd let everyone, and especially those who've helped me through these first 8 weeks with my new buddy, know that I had my PM check this week. First thing I did was move the chair in front of the programmer screen. This was unusual for the PM tech but he didn't object. I told him I was a retired engineer and had been studying the Clinician manual for my PM, but I'd let him run the machine. LOL

Interrogation data all looked great! No AT/AF events! I'm 100% AV blocked but my...

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1st DR appt after surgery

So today I go back for my first device checkup after 2 weeks. The crazy thing is the incision strips just came off today and the incision looks good, however, the area seems more swollen today then it has the last 2 weeks. Any reason why it would be more swollen?? Hopefully it is a good checkup.. I do have to say that I love this site:)

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TIA

The lead up to the TIA went like this:
2/8 settings changed as my pulse wasnt going over 100 and with activity I was very SOF.
6/8 had fall, didnt trip/slip. Became aware I was falling forward when half way down.
9/8 was aware arms were heavy and not lifting well
10/8 woke with high pulse, ie 80-90 (my settings are 60-130), and it stayed up every time I checked throughout the day.
5 pm, confusion had set in
7 pm, got taken to local hospital and proved very confused...

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when do settings get checked after implanting?

Hello, I had my PM put in on July 1 due to heart block. I think they set it for 60-150bpm. They wanted me to follow up with a new cardiologist in one week (because my old cardiologist moved to another city). I could not get an appointment until two weeks after my surgery. The cardio didn't tell me much of anything, he was just very abrupt and non-personable. I didn't ask some questions I had because they seemed "silly" in that situation. I had expected him to check the settings, but he didn't, a...

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Diaphragm throbbing

Does anyone have my problem with pacemaker and if so what can be done about it.
My chest throbs everyday for about 10 minutes, with quite noticeable thumps ( no pain) it's liken an alien trying to get out. I
I have told the doctors and nurses but it never happens when they are around.
Yesterday I managed to film it on my phone and am going to show the medical staff I am not imagining it.
I am going for a checkup next Wednesday and will let you know the result.
But would...

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Could there be a setting problem?

Hi,
I had PM inplant in 2010. Specifically I was chronically tired and a halter monitor showed that my pulse rate went down to 39 during the night. Sometimes.
So it was decided that a PM would help, It was set at 60bpm, Every 6 months I had to go in and have it read. It showed that sometimes, for only a few seconds at a time, my heart would race. But I don't remember feeling any of this however. Starting in early 2012 or thereabouts,I was getting pretty breathless doing almost n...

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Symptoms primary

On my pm card it has a bit on it thar says symptom primary and in it someone has written bi. ECG cs aetiology bi. Can anyone tell what it means.? I would be very greatful

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ipg basic rate, mode ?

hi all wonder if IPG BASIC RATE SET AT 60 MIN+ AND MODE AAI-DDD does anyone knows what they mean i dont seem to be having any problems but dont quite understand just how it all works anyone can help

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I changed DRs!

It appears I made a good choice. He is very through and talked about this the other guy never did. He said Yes. the implant was justified,
He feels we can get to 80% of what I was! I will take it.
in 2 weeks we willcombine tweaking and the treadmill.
He gave me a good tip too. "Take lots of breaths before doing stairs. The drum major doean't know wht you are about to do, this will trigger him!" It works!
He is a UCLA DR. He sure relieved anxiety

Geriatrick

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Heart rate rapidly dropping

I'm 40 and had a Medtronic Adapta dual chamber pacemaker placed in May for 2nd degree AVB. I was doing good the first couple of weeks and then developed palpitations when my heart rate goes over 80 (which it is almost all the time) and shortness of breath with minimial exertion, like one flight of stairs. I have seen my EP dr and 2 cardiologists, and I have been talking with my pacemaker nurse daily for the past 10 days. They tell me the palpitations are me feeling the pacing because my intri...

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Lead check

Was in today for PM check, still have afib and aflutter, no long periods of afib but a couple of 10 hr periods of aflutter. Lots of PVCs not a problem. Do have a notation by PM for Atrial lead check, how do they do that? Tech suggested asking about Verapamil med change, been on that and metropol for about 15 years. Body perhaps not responding, any thoughts on verapamil? What are the alternatives to verapamil and did I spell that right?

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heart is pounding and irregular

I am 6 weeks post Medtronic Sensi Dual Chamber PM. I have always had irregular heartbeats since implantation. My doc has tweaked it twice, but today he decided to turn one of them off to see if that would quit the irregular HB. It seemed okay until I got home. Now it won't quit beating hard up my throat, feels very irregular non-stop and I can't get comfortable at all, and certainly won't be able to sleep with it going this way. Anybody have any suggestions? He wants me to wear a Holter m...

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Question on Setting and EF

I am new to this forum. But I have no answers. My daughter who is almost 4 had an adapta pacemaker implanted in 2011. It was set in DDD mode low rate is 80 and high is 210. They also set it in sleep mode for at night at 70. She recently was hospitalized and had her mitral valve replaced with a mechanical valve. The surgery went good. But after surgery she was pacing extremely fast. They thought they had figured the problem and increased her sensitivity in the ventricular lead. A day and half af...

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