Anyone experiencing palps despite being paced?

Hi all
Had biventricular pacemaker fitted in Sept 2011 for SVT, in April 2012 had AV and SA node ablations. AV worked but SA failed. This resulted in me being 100% paced and my ventricular output restricted to 90bpm.
Have been have issues as of late regarding faintness, postural blood pressure issues, severe tiredness and muscle aching. Whether this is related I have no idea.
My electrocardiologist thinks thats all he can do. But I still am feeling racing palps in my atrium. Has anyone else experienced this?

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by Tracey_E - 2013-04-09 10:04:27

The pm can't do anything if the atrium races on its own. Maybe get a second opinion? If not another dr, ask your current dr if another rep from your pm manufacturer can have a look and see if there's a way to fine tune the settings more.

I would think having a ventricular rate limited to 90 alone would make you pretty tired, and a lot of the meds for racing cause fatigue.

good luck

Mine did the same

by jtaheri - 2013-04-09 12:04:31

Started to have the palpitations 6 months prior to changing to new pm. In Sept. 2008, the 2nd PM was implanted and at the hospital the same day I told the Doctor that I was having the same palpitations and sounded like " bang-bang-bang". He said let's wait and see.
It did not go away. After 2 months, the Technician who was interrogating my pace maker and I decided to to perform some checks. We eventually found out that one of the wires was defective. So she disconnected the wire by computer software. I was left with one wire, felt well, however; the results of my Pm testing always shows that I paced 99% and sensed 1%.
I am due for another replacement maybe in 8 months time, this time the Doctor will be putting a new wire in place and will leave the old wires inside me.

Talk to yoiur doctor sometime they listen.

Good luck,
Janet

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