Pain

Hi, it’s me again! I feel like a hypochondriac, but I know this is real and not imagined. I’m a 62 yr old female. PM, Boston scientific, dual lead, put in 9/12/19, Sick Sinus syndrome, Brady-Tachycardia. Pm set to 60, with rate response adjustment due to hr not going up enough during exercise. During exercise, intense pain in my heart. Called dr EP said, not pacemaker related, cardiologist had me come in for a pm interrogation. Tech said it appears that I’m sensitive to ventricular pacing. I didn’t see the cardiologist, but got a call telling me to go back to EP to make sure there’s nothing else going on with my heart. I’m trying to switch to a new cardiology practice, but can’t see new dr until Dec 18, in meantime have to deal with current team. I now feel like I’m having constant pain in chest area, but not sure that it’s not just anxiety at this point, but pretty uncomfortable. Has anyone had intense pain during ventricular pacing! I continue to have Tachycardia, but only last 15 seconds at a time, no meds. 

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To be safe I would go to A&E/ER

by Gemita - 2019-12-06 16:58:18

When you say that you have constant pain in chest area, this would indicate to me an opinion and treatment is required now. Whatever the cause, it needs to be investigated since chest pain should never be ignored. Your nearest hospital should have a rapid chest pain assessment unit.  Personally I wouldn't wait until 18th December.

I experience chest pain from my arrhythmias, especially when they are prolonged or when my heart rate is high but the chest pain disappears when I go back into normal sinus rhythm.

I note this is a duplicate post from you but I will continue here anyway. I see from your previous posts that you were diagnosed with post cardiac injury syndrome following PM implant (which is what my hubby had). Maybe this hasn't completely resolved and that there is still some pleural effusion?  I would really be pushing for answers now in view of your chest pain. Hubby has recovered well since they drained bloody fluid from his lung.  He has also been to a Pain Consultant with excellent results. 

Good luck and and please do not accept that any of this is normal after a PM implant.  You should be pain free by now.

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