Is it safe to wait

I had a pm implant on May 24. The atrial lead came out. They turned it off and turned down the ventricle to 60 bpm. How safe is it to wait a couple months for revision. I am not pm dependant. I am pacing on one chamber.

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waiting

by Tracey_E - 2012-06-23 11:06:02

Which one do you pace with? If it's the bad one, get it fixed now. If it's the one you don't use, you can wait but not too long because the longer you wait the harder it is to reposition. After a year or so, it cannot be repositioned.

Is it safe

by hairfairy - 2012-06-23 11:06:51

I believe the atrial paces 75% and the other 1%. My heart rate is always at the 60 or more bpm.I am new to this and don't understand if I need it for the atrial why is the other keeping pace

NO Atrial

by Roys - 2012-06-24 01:06:02

I don't understand either. If the atrial does not beat what is the point of the ventrical beating, there would be no blood pumped into ventrical from the atrial?
Cheers Roy

Roys

by Tracey_E - 2012-06-24 07:06:50

If the atria normally beats on its own. I have an av block, sounds like hairfairy does too, this means the atria beats normally on its own but the signal doesn't get through to the ventricles. The atrial lead is more or less for back up for most of us who have av block. Others have a slow rate that starts in the atria, so the pm paces the atria. For many of them, once the beat starts in the atria, the ventricles work normally so they don't pace ventricle. Some have a combination of both problems.

TraceyE

by Roys - 2012-06-24 09:06:37

Hairfairy said the atrial paces 75% and the ventrical 1%. So does this not mean that the atrial should be the one to pace?
Roy

is it safe

by hairfairy - 2012-06-24 11:06:39

Thanks for all your help. I understand now that the bottom line is that waiting is making my heart work harder, bottom line. However, I found out it takes years to cause real damage. I've decided a couple months wait is relatively safe . ( I hope ) ;)

oh by the way

by hairfairy - 2012-06-25 12:06:07

By the way I have corotid sinus hypersensitivity disorder if that helps.

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