Dual lead pacemaker replaced with CRT pacemaker

I wonder if anyone else has had the same experience as me? I would like to hear from you. In January due to a slow heartbeat (36-40) beats per minute I had a dual lead pacemaker implanted as emergency surgery. All was well until May when I collapsed at home. My pulse had risen,so I went to A and E and I was taken to Cardiology. It was discovered that the left side of my heart was out of synchronisation with the right. I now had LVSD and RWMA. I was also told I had heart failure. 

I was then given a new pacemaker (CRT ) with 3 leads.Two months later after a few problems getting used to medication and some odd pains,things seem all right. I am due an echocardiogram.     Has this happened to anyone else? I would love to find out about someone else’s experience. 

 

 

 

2 Comments

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by AgentX86 - 2020-08-05 16:10:00

That's exactly why CRT pacemakers exist.  Some with RV only pacing develop "Pacemaker Induced Cardiomyopathy". You are a classical case of PIC. A CRT pacemaker or a pacemaker with the RV lead in the bundle of His are the fixes and it's usually effective.

I have also have a CRT pacemaker but without the atrial lead (so only two leads). Instead of the problem being left-right dyssynchrony, my problem is AV dyssynchrony. My atria beat so fast and so irregularly that the whole oint is to short them out and drive the ventricles directly.

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by Aberdeen - 2020-08-05 17:03:46

Both my pacemakers were done as emergencies so you don’t sit down with a cardiologist and discuss it at length. I only heard of His bundle pacing through pacemaker club discussion. When I had my first pacemaker I looked online but didn’t find anything about the problem that lead to a CRT pacemaker 4 months later.

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