Running

I am 18 weeks in with my dual lead BS Advantio and have resumed all my athletic activities. Hiking, biking and walking have not been affected at all. My 2000 yd swim is 3 min slower than
before but I think that's just a matter of practice. The real problem area is running. My legs want to go much faster than the pacemaker allows. My HR accelerates so quickly that at 138-140, I'm still only going about 10:30 per mile. Currently I have had the minute ventilation set at 2 which helps some. My min is set at 60 and my max at 160. Retarding the minute ventilation has had the
effect of lowering my HR some for a given running pace but still too high IMO. What would happen if my min was set at 50 and the minute ventilation turned down to 1. Does anyone think that would help?

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my Advantio experience with running

by chip j - 2014-03-30 01:03:13

I also have a dual-lead Advantio. My min is set at 50 and max at 170. I've run consistently for 40 years, many races. When I first got my PM, its rate response features were turned on. That caused my HR to almost immediately race to 145-150 bpm, at 10:40 pace. I was a 3 hour marathon runner as recently as 12 years ago. And before the PM implant my HR was much lower at 8 min/mile pace, about 130-135 bpm. Eventually, my PM Cardiologist (EP) decided, since I did not have sinus node problems (only have RBBB, 2nd degree, type 2), that I do not need the PM's rate response features. He switched off RR entirely and my heart rate immediately went back to lower levels at a given pace during running.

Have you asked your EP whether your Advantio's rate response features are switched to on? If so, make certain that he thinks they should be on. Several different PM techs were adjusting mine at the same Cardiologist's office and they lost track of what each other was doing to my PM- "3 stooges". I finally left that office and found a new Cardiologist/EP that did all of the PM adjustments himself.

Good luck to you. Here's hoping that they can find the PM adjustment that's correct for you.

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