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additional leads vs extraction

The subject of adding an additional lead versus extraction of the current one before inserting the new one has come up from time to time. I know extraction is not to be taken lightly, especially if they have been in a patient for a long time  I know there must be enough room in the vein for an additional lead but does blood flow in the vein enter into the decision of adding versus extraction?  Just wondering as my original leads are going on 20 years old and chances of lead pro...

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About pacemaker implantation

I have been implanted with DDDR pacemaker in Jan 2019. During inplantation one lead can not be fixed due to change in heart structure during heart operation which was done in 19th July 2018. Dr. said that actually i was requiring single lead pacemaker maker and where it requires is properly fixed.

Now my question is whether DDDR with single lead can work properly. 

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About pacemaker implantation

I have been implanted with DDDR pacemaker in Jan 2019. During inplantation one lead can not be fixed due to change in heart structure during heart operation which was done in 19th July 2018. Dr. said that actually i was requiring single lead pacemaker maker and where it requires is properly fixed.

Now my question is whether DDDR with single lead can work properly. 

Except the problem of uneasiness during travelling in car my heart works properly.

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Please help. Lead interference when moving my left arm

Hi everybody. 

I’ve got a dual lead Medtronic pacemaker. I’ve had it since 2014 and have had it moved under the pectoral muscle three times since... 

anyway the other day I went into atrial fibrillation, or so they thought. They interrogated my pacemaker and they noticed whenever I moved my left arm - it caused “extra signals” or “extra impulses” aka interference. They think that this is what is causing my heart to beat in a funny rhyt...

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Battery End Of Life (EOL)

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I recently went for a check up which I had requested as I had been feeling breathless and exhausted for afew weeks. I was told my pacemaker battery was showing EOL and had to be admitted as an emergency, and after a stressful 15 hour wait and ambulance transfer to another hospital with a cardi lab I was given a shiny new pacemaker. I have had it for a month now but still don't feel 100%. I am slightly breathless still and falling asleep on trains which I...

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Leads

I had a pacemaker implanted two months ago.  It worked fine (set at 60-69) until this morning when my heart rate went to 102 and it has stayed there all day.  My cardiologist and the rep for the device saw me and they say that the atrial lead is dislodged or not working properly.  Since I have no symptoms and are quite active the choices are to go in and "revise" the lead or do nothing.  I'm not crazy about another hospital stay, but neither do I like se...

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replace pacemaker

Hi,  Not sure if I want another pacemaker after my current one runs out.  I should have 6 years of life left on it and that will take me to 70.  I had a complete heartblock do to Sacrodosis which has gotten better yet left me with a lot of scarring.  I would like to see if I can finish my life without one, should I try to let it go in end of life mode and see how I do? Anyone out there made this decision?

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Replacement

Hi everyone,

i have 0 to 3 months for replacement , after this I was told there is two months built in:

when willthe insurance company approve it?

an amo Robyn was used, R—?

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Tune up

whenever it comes time for me too get my batteries recharged or however they do it how much down time is there? Is it similar to when it gets first installed or how’s that work?

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CRT-P

Looks like I may have pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy. EP couldn't definitively tell me that's what is causing cardiomyopathy (40% EF) but I've been ventricle pacing at over 90% for a few years and I have a wide QRS (>150ms) so ventricles are definitely outta sync.  EP recommends a CRT-P and I'm set to have it placed in less than 2 weeks.  This will be my 3rd PM in 4 years:(

Any thoughts?  What kind of battery life would I get vs a standard dual lead P...

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Battery life warnings

Hi all, I have a Biotonic Evia DR-T Pro-MRI pacemaker implanted 2013. I have been told that this model does not give off a warning alarm for low battery like a lot of other pacemakers do ie a beeping sound . Do I have to rely on the clinic to know when a change is needed ?

Any input would be appreciated.

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Adding another lead

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Hi all.

It looks like I am almost 5 years in and I will need another lead added.

Can anyone tell me what their experience was having one added to their existing installation.

Was it as invasive as the first? Recovery time? Etc.

Thanks in advance. Was hoping to not see this day for a long time. However, onward and upward 

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Leads

Hi  How far do the leads go in to the heart,and of course the leads are inserted via a vein which I would think ensures safety against dislodgement.

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Icd

Does anyone else have the St.Jude ICD with the defective battery? It could go any time and be dead within 1-2 days. They said it is not necessary to change it out early, but makes me nervous about traveling and being far away! Thanks!

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Backup to pacemaker battery life?

Since August 2018 I have had 2 check ups and both times was told I had 9 months left on the current pacemaker battery. In November they went as far as to tell me that I would be called in for a replacement either just before Christmas or in the New Year. Beginning of December I rang as I had not heard anything and was told another checkup was scheduled for end of January and "not to worry as the pacemaker has a guaranteed back up of 3 more months when the battery ends". I rang again...

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Help with VT

Good Morning. I’m writing this from the hospital and need some help. I received my Dual Chamber PM 7/26/18 and had no issues whatsoever until 1/05/19. While drying off my dog I stood up and went into VT. It was prolonged (30+ minutes) resulting in a trip to the ER and overnight stay. I was discharged and had a subsequent VT about two weeks later while putting my duvet cover on my duvet  

EP has just told me he thinks my lead may have punctured my septum but says that is not t...

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Best Cardiologist and Hospital for battery change in Kuwait

I have dual chamber Medtronic pacemaker implanted in 2005. I would like to know the best hospital & doctor in Kuwait to have the battery change of my pacemaker. It is more than 13 years living with my pacemaker and the change of the battery is due is next 6 months. Please share your experience. Many thanks.

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noise picked up 677 times?

Hi ,just wondering if anyone has had noise picked up from their leads inside their pacemaker? I was told I had 677 recorded events of noise in the last year. The tech said it could be a lead worn out or rubbing in my chest,not sure what caused this.

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"old" leads

My Dr said I had an "old" lead implanted in 1990, and that could drain the V. quicker. Anyone with that same situation? Any suggestions or comments to slow down the drainage?

Thanks

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Pacemaker replacement

Dear All, My father is implanted with a CRT-D (Medtronic Model: DTBC2D4) in Hyderabad, India in June 2017. (It is been only 1.5yrs old). Now, the doctor & technican says that the battery life left over is only 6months, and the doctor is suggesting us to go for the device replacement.

We are surprised and disappointed at this moment, since it is only 1.5year since the device is implanted. I dont understand how can a costly device would work only for 1.5 years. We were told...

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