after pacemaker still problem of Abnormal Heartbeat

My Mother had surgery to implant Biotronic dual chember Pacemaker in june2017

and due to always heart beats irregullar anld also she had angioplasty in 2009 

but after pacemaker Implant still there is same issue of irreugular heart beats ,

before pacemaker implant  if she take Cordarone X 200 contain 200 mg of amiodarone hydrochloride.after 2-3 hours it will become normal but after pacemaker implant same tablet we have to give by 2 or 3times 

 

so what is confirm treatment for this problem.

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by Tracey_E - 2018-04-24 09:15:34

The pacer is a gas pedal, not a brake pedal. It will add beats when she's too slow, it will fill in when she misses beats. If the heart is going fast on its own, medication can help but the pacer can only watch. If she's getting pvc's, little half beats between the full beats, not much can be done about that. Talk to her doctor, maybe the medication needs adjusting or changed. Irregular can be uncomfortable but it's not necessarily dangerous. 

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by Gotrhythm - 2018-04-24 15:35:33

What kind of irregular heart beat is your mom having.

My EP was very clear with me from the beginning. The pacemaker will not help an irregular heartbeat. All it can do is speed up a heart that is going too slow. In other words, a heart beat that is happening later than or after it should.

I have  PVC's and PAC's--quite a lot of them. Sometimes every other beat is a PVC. PVC's and PAC's are contractions that happen before they are supposed to. The pacemaker can make the heart beat faster, but it can't make it beat slower.

Unfortunately, medication hasn't helped me. PVC's and PACs, are uncomfortable sometimes, but I've had them for at least 7 years and I'm still here. So I guess I believe the doctors when they say my irregular heart beat isn't dangerous.

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The pacer systems are really very reliable. The main problem is the incompetent programming of them. If yours is working well for you, get on with life and enjoy it. You probably are more at risk of problems with a valve job than the pacer.