Pacemaker cardiomyopathy

Is 80 beats per min to fast a pace?
can it cause pacemcker syndrome?
My dual pacemaker has only been paced in single mode
It is a state of the art pacemaker,but only activated in VVIR,VVI
or worse VOO, & not set capture histogams
It is a sympony DR 2550 can all its fucntions be turen on & slowed down to 60/70 to reduce the cardiomopathy damage?
Thans Alfredo

2 Comments

Pacemaker syndrome

by golden_snitch - 2012-02-29 06:02:03

Hi Alfredo,
pacemaker syndrome is a very well known problem in VVI pacing. In many cases, it can be resolved quickly by changing the mode to DDD pacing, if you've got a dual-chamber pacer. I'm wondering, if you only have a ventricular pacer lead since your pacer is programmed in those ventricular pacing modes. Not sure about your heart rate. But I always thought that patients with cardiomyopathy benefit from a rather low heart rate, so I'd guess 60-70bpm might be better than 80. But you've got to talk to your cardio about this. He might have had a good reason for programming a base rate of 80bpm.
Best wishes
Inga

Pacemaker Induced Cardiomyopathy

by a.bardella - 2012-02-29 11:02:07

Hi Inga
Thank you for your reply
In 2007 I had Ablate & Pace for Atrial Fibrillation
2009 AF began to return
2012 X Ray shows Dual leads implanted
& ECG shows VVIR mode & AF
New Cardio at new Hospital said said my Echocardiogram
shows I have Pacemaker induced Cardiomyopathy
Please can you direct me to a web site that explains this.
Thanks Alfredo

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