Road vibration increases HB, BP, triggers angina


Back-road road vibrations trigger a BP raise from around 115/65 60 to 175/90 and an HB increase from around 60 to 90. This builds within 3-6 minutes of getting on the bumpy road.

Further, I experience very noticeable angina type chest pains.

All issues subside 15-20 minutes after getting off the back-road.

To address this my RR was reset last week, 2-20-2014. A Medtronic Technician did the adjusting. I do not know what he did, however, I had explained at length the symptoms to him. Also my cardiologist and the local hospital PM technician are well briefed on the situation.

I had an echo cardiogram last week. It showed no decline in the ejection factor, but a little bit of decline in mitral valve functionality.

Did the technicians adjusting the RR just get it wrong? Should I have the RR turned off? Should I seek other medical advice; an electrocardiologist? How do I handle this?

Thoughts please.

1 Comments

If they fixed the problem

by Theknotguy - 2014-02-23 01:02:45

If they fixed the problem, I'd leave it go. Looks like they did.

Unfortunately they can't just look at you, wave their hands around, and fix your heart problems. Every heart patient is the same, every heart patient is different. So they've got to try things, adjust, then go from there.

You'll see from my posts, APP (Atrial Preference Pacing) works for me. For Duke999 it doesn't. Were the techs wrong for turning it on - who knows?

As for why bumpy roads cause you problems - who knows? You'll probably want to stay off riding horses too.

Glad they found something that works for you.

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