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Name is Jerimi 29 former member of the Army. How I discovered I had a serious heart condition was after a major head surgery the result of a accident in the military. When I was young I had a funny heart beat but grew out of it, so I thought. After my surgery I ignored what was going on until I collapsed at work and my heart doctor ordered a bunch of test. I told him that had been having issues with irregular heartbeat and constant chest pain. That's when he noticed that my heart was stopping 5 seconds at a time thus leading to my pacemaker. Now years later they still can't figure out why my heart is out of control. I go next month for an ablation that could make me pacemaker dependant I don't know yet. There is still the matter of the constant chest pain and what they found a couple years ago the anomalous coronary artery.

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Cause

by gleesue - 2015-10-20 03:10:55

From what I've been told by my EP, the only real known cause of a-fib and other irregularities is Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid). President George H. Bush had that problem. That was the first time I had heard about that cause.

When I first went to him years ago I wanted to know why my heart was out of control. His answer was, "if I knew that, I would be a very rich man." I said, "your a doctor, you already are."

I have 4 ablations and they can really be helpful. And don't worry if you did need a pm. They don't change your quality of living. They improve it.

Good luck,

Jerry

anomalies

by Tracey_E - 2015-10-20 11:10:11

Most of us have no idea what caused our problems! Sometimes it happens from infection, medication, surgery. Sometimes we're just born that way or it comes on at random. Nothing we did caused it, nothing we could have done differently would have prevented it, and odds are you can spend a lot of time having tests but still never get the answer. The good news is the pacer fixes it so it doesn't much matter what caused it.

The idea of being dependent is a lot worse than the reality! The heart develops an intrinsic rhythm on its own, even after ablation. It may be slow, we may not feel good without the pacing to bring our rate up, but we could survive without the pacing if for some reason the pm suddenly malfunctioned. More good news, that does not happen! You already have it and know you can trust it to keep you going when your heart pauses. This probably won't feel much different, except you should come out of it feeling better because the ablation hopefully will fix the out of control racing. Good luck!

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