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Checkup and Replacement Info

I just finished my checkup and all is great. The current prevarication is that this pacer should easily last another year.

While I was there and the cardiologist was in a talkative mood, I ask about the replacement procedure. This was at 9:00AM and he said if I had needed a replacement today he would have ask me to skip lunch and meet him at the outpatient clinic this afternoon. He figured it would take less than an hour. I ask him about how he handles the issue of my being 100% depe...

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Is my pacing off?

Hi all...
So glad to find someone to talk to about the issues that come with having a PM running my heart!
I am a 48 y/o female who has managed to lose 90 lbs over 3 years simply by determination, exercise, sweat & tears. I am an avid spinner, spinning a minimum of 4 days a week and doing cardio/strength on off day. I was diagnosed with AF in 2000 and have undergone 3 ablations; the last being in 12/08 with a successful flutter elimination. I felt GREAT! . While being cleared to have...

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what does this number mean ?

hi all me again just to update you all we have a appiontment on friday with the cardioigest at hospital to talk about hubbys pm being re sited sp will update you all after
i have a question though
on hubbys pm reead out it says
arteral lead impadance 566 on last visit it was 624
and on ventricular lead it says impadance 405 last visit was 395 can somone tell me what these numbers mean and why the change since lastvisit 3 months ago hope someone can help as all very confu...

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I AM SO UPSET!

Hello, people. I have both sinus tachycardia (Afib) and bradycardia so I had my pacemaker put in in October (13th)for the bradycardia. I had complications of a collapsed lung so was in the hospital 9 days. About 2 weeks after I got home, I felt like a shocking sensation one night and the next day I bent to reach over the side of the chair and felt a worse shock. I suddenly saw my pulse that was usually in the 60's go into the high 80's and 90's. Apparently, I pulled out my lead, but no one seeme...

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we just got bk

hi all well ive managed to get a ptint out of hubbys pm check and i dont under stand a thing it says so here goes hope someone can help
here goes
atrial lead impedance 566
ventricular lead 405 impedence
voltage 2.78 base rate 60
rest rate off
a pace on pvc
pmt detection rate 110 min
im trying to understand it all

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Question 4 U.K. pacers

I am 8 weeks post pm and have yet to see a cardiologist. I had my first pacer checkup 2 weeks ago and mentioned that I still wasn't sure exactly what I had, although reading up about it and having advice from this site I think I have AV block, but my pm tech said it mentioned SSS in my notes, and I heard at one stage Wenkebach mentioned but that was just before I was rushed in to have the pm fitted.
I was just curious how long others waited to see someone after! I know that things are done...

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well todays the day

hi everyone wishing you all well ,well we have my hubbys pm check today ,and am dreding it if its the same tecnition as last time ,we asked her questions as it is all new to us and didnt get any response off her ,so today im gona upset her even more as im going to ask for a copy of the print out as have been told on here im intitled to ,i no she will say u dont need one ,so lets hope i get more info today than last time ,fingers crossed may come bk to you latter to ask you all what it means lol...

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Thanks for the rate response response !

Thanks Tracy E , Hot heart, Mary Anne for the response about the very fast HR form just getting up and walking . Yes The rate response setting must be on. Before I got the PM I was doing the eliptical trainer at level 10 on the difficult setting for 40 mins. 3 - 4 times a week and my HR would stay around 130 - 135. Now just after getting up my HR shoots up within 10 seconds to fast to count. So.. ...tomrorrow I'l call the doc about this rate response setting . Thanks Y'all. You are the best!! Wr...

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Pacemaker Needs To Work FAR Less

I learned, at my latest pacemaker clinic visit, that when initially installed in 1996, my pacemaker was working over 20% of the time.

My latest check-up revealed that, TODAY, it needs to kick in 1.8% of the time--a HUGE drop in 13 years!

What I want to know is: in a few years, if this trend continues, will i even need a pacemaker at ALL any more?

I know that such things have happened. i hope it happens to ME!

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fast heart rate when waking quickly

It will be 5 weeks since I had my Medtronics dual chamber Pm. Today I went to do a pacer check. They changed my rate from 60/130 to 50/150 because I was occasionally getting lightheaded and shortness of breath. Now I notice when I get up and begin to walk quickly , my heart will immediately begin to beat very fast . After I stop the rate will begin to slow down after 30 - 45 seconds. Is this normal for the heart "race'' like that when I begin to walk quickly? Thanks for your help..

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Pacemaker wakes me up at 4:39am now

Hello everyone,
I am pretty new to all this, I am 3 month post pm. Since the time change my pacemaker wakes me up at 4:39am and it didn't before the time change. Do they do some kind of reset or maintenance to itself during the night? I don't see my clinic for quite a while since I just had a check and forgot to ask. At that time it had only happened once so didn't make the connection. It only happens for a few beats but I can feel it almost "test" the chambers and then it is gone....

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readouts

Hi
Had my 2nd battery check and given a printout. I do not understand the printout. Can anyone explain what it all means? I am still getting weak spells but all technicians know is that it is working when needed.

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Telephone Check question

First, thanks to Electric Frank and JoelyM for their answersto my previous question. I have another from a couple of years ago actually. I was doing a telephone check and when I got to the part where you hold a magnet over the pacemaker, I heard a series of strange noises from the transmitter for a while, then it settled down to the normal. rapid pulse.
The technician said, do that over and hold the magnet still, you are moving it all over the place.
I did do it over, and the resul...

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pulse rate range

I have had my St Jude Pacemaker since December 2005, and have not been much concerned about it. But I went in for an "in-clinic" check a few days agoand was surprised by something.
I guess I have had about a dozen of these tests since i got the pacemaker, this last time I was tested I was seated in a chair and could look over the technician's shoulder and see the monitor. Before I was always lying on my back. My normal resting heart rate is 60, I can get ti over 100 by walking for 10 min...

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Pacercheck

Hello fellow pacers!
Boy oh boy, do I have some good news to share. Today was my interrogation of my St. Jude Dual pacemaker. Seems the battery was running low prematurely. The new EP greeted me and I was awe struck! 6'4" and handsome! he he... ok, ok... I'm being serious now.
He asked a ton of questions and then he began to work. He actually lowered the rate response to like 20 to see how my heart would react. I felt very weird.... and then an amazing thing happened. My own heart...

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are we allowed

hi my husband has a pm check the end of this month are we allowed to ask for a copy of the results as last time we went they seemed reluctant to tell us anything or even answer any questions we asked and its still all preaty new to us and we still trying to understand it all ,thanks bullseye

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Settings ?

Hello again friends,
I am just wondering... there is so much talk about pacemaker settings.I and probably some others would like to know..exactly what settings are there on a pacemaker other than of course the high and low limits? Mabe this is one for our esteemed Electric Frank ? I know this would be so helpful to me right now as I will be going back to the cardio on tues for a stress test.(Have already had the veinous studies and complete pulmonary function tests over last 2 weeks) I stil...

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Equipment at home

I have been wondering once you are done with checkups and adjustments from the doctor and you have to be monitored from home for the pacemaker and call it in on a monthly basis do you have special equipment for that or just your regular landline phone goes up against the pacemaker? I have a dual chamber pacemaker if that makes any difference. And is it the doctors office that supplies you with the nessary equipment? Thanks-denmna70

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Where to go for device checks

I've just had my second 3 month device check at my cardiologist office. Is there anywhere else we can go for these check-ups? Labs or other facilities?

jbl

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ASK what you dont understand

I just got home from my 60 day pacer check. Everything is perfect YAY!
I decided I really needed to know more about my pacer and this process so I went thru this forum and took notes before my appt today. WOW! Thanks everyone.
I ASKED what this test was about and what they looked for. I ASKED for a printout and ASKED them to explain what i all meant then wrote my own notes beside the medical jargon on printout. I ASKED them to explain my pacer card info. I ASKED about my battery life a...

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