New PM

Hi,
I receive my m 04/21/14. It may be normal, but rest HR is much higher than before, also my BP is higher. Do I have to patient?
Juergen

4 Comments

HR

by Grateful Heart - 2014-04-27 10:04:04

It depends where your Doctor set your resting rate and what it was before the PM. It may have been too low. The resting rate is usually set somewhere between 60-80 bpm.

Your heart is adjusting to the PM. You just had surgery so it will take a little time for the PM to settle in and the swelling to go down.

If you find it very uncomfortable and difficult to be patient, speak to your Doctor and see if they can adjust it sooner rather than later.

Grateful Heart

CLS on?

by golden_snitch - 2014-04-28 01:04:28

Hi Juergen!

Do you know if the CLS sensor (closed loop stimulation = rate response sensor) is currently activated? If it is that could also explain why your resting heart rate is much higher than before. I found CLS to be a little over sensitive in the beginning. It paced me up to the max. programmed rate whenever I moved a bit, and my resting heart rate was faster, too. But as soon as I started to go for walks regularly and just move around more than you usually do in the hospital, it adjusted to my needs, and became less sensitive.

Inga

Patience!

by Sunnydaze - 2014-04-28 03:04:32

Juergen.... The low rate on your pacemaker will keep your heart rate faster than it was beating before the PM....providing you had a Brady problem. I have sick sinus syndrome. Before my PM I was lucky if my heart rate was out of the high 40's during my active parts of the day, which at that rate I wasn't any too active. When I first got out of the bed my heart rate would drop into the low 30's. I felt terrible all the time. When my pacemaker was implanted the low number was set at 60, which works well for me. Your BP may be higher because you're feeling anxious about the pacemaker, totally understandable. If you're really uncomfortable let your doctor know, he may want to see you. Sunnydaze

YES

by NiceNiecey - 2014-04-28 12:04:17

Grateful Heart is right in all she said.

Concerning the higher BP, I have the same thing. My BP was always low and the day I went to the ER (when it was discovered I needed a PM), my BP was moderately high. I am now taking a Beta Blocker to help with aFib and I suspect it is helping my BP as well.

Keep checking it but I suggest using a real BP cuff and nothing electronic. My doctor's office told me that the electronic types aren't smart enough to accurately read the BPs of patients with irregular heart rhythms.

All the best,
Niecey

You know you're wired when...

Your pacemaker interferes with your electronic scale.

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