Abdominal pacemaker

Hello!
I had a pacemaker implanted in my abdomen 5/10/2012. I had a previous one implanted 12/11 but I developed serious infection, endocarditis, damaged triscupid valve. So many other issues came from that infection but it won't be therapeutic for me to rehash. So my doc offered me an abdominal pacemaker to reduce chance of heart damage and infection. Just wondering if any one else has a pm in the abdomen?

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I Did Have

by Laben - 2012-05-29 02:05:18

my first pm/df placed in my abdomen in 1993 and it was changed out five years later. Two years after change I developed an infection on the leads and had to go to Ft. Lauderdale to have them extracted and at that time they placed one in the right chest/shoulder area. I am now on my fifth device. The original was an experimental device and rather large.....Laben

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