Curious about something

Before my pacemaker my resting HR would be in the 40's 50's range--now sitting here it's averaging about 68--my PM is set to pace if I go below 60 --does that mean that when I feel my pulse at 68 that it's my own heart that's doing it??(without PM intervention??) I do have rate response and ADL at 95 what ever that means. I was just curious--I almost can't wait until next week when i'm interrogated for the first time to actually see what it's doing for me--I do know that i'm feeling better and my heart rate is up where it needs to be and I know it wasn't doing that before the PM.

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beats

by Tracey_E - 2014-04-10 01:04:06

Then you probably aren't in block and it's the first scenario- your heart is beating on its own. Just because you have SSS some of the time doesn't mean you don't have it all the time. Most people with SSS only pace sometimes.

Block

by kmom - 2014-04-10 01:04:15

He never said anything about block per say but he said the propafenone was taking the rate down too low I'm not really sure why the rate was so low before the PM other than it was SSS afib and the propafenone were causing my heart not to beat right.

sorta!

by Tracey_E - 2014-04-10 01:04:46

Your atria is doing 68 on its own. Either your ventricles are keeping up in their own, or if you are in block then the pm will pace you ventricular. When in block, we are setting the pace but the pm is completing the broken circuit by making the ventricles get with the program.

All I know

by kmom - 2014-04-10 08:04:51

is that's it's beating a heck of a lot faster than it was before the PM and I feel better! that's what counts in the end and nothing else really matters.

ADL - You asked...

by donr - 2014-04-12 10:04:48

...what it is.

I think I wrote a response to this earlier today.

ADL = Activities of Daily Living. It's a rate that the PM uses to control some RR functions for light requirements during normal activity. Keeps your HR from going too high for no reason. It is adjustable.

Donr

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