Last echo taken on Valentines Day - Heart rate 73-75 after switching to Xarolto on January 22, 2013. Family and friends are thrilled with this result.

Diagnosed with A-Fib in Nov. 2011. A series of tests, exams, consultations with the Heart Hospital of Texas here in Austin resulted a top electrophisologist / cardiologist - Metropolol and Pradaxa was prescribed beginning in January 2012.

Cardioversion performed in April 2012 resulted in temporary change, but heart rate remained over 100 beats per minute.

I went from a vibrant 68 year old woman, scuba diving in St. Croix in March of 2011 to being unable to bike ride my usual route for more than 20 minutes. September 2012 in Emergency at the heart hospital ...

 

Ok so my pacemaker is 10 days old and since I got out of the hospital bed I have been dealing with Junctional Rhythms on exertion. When i say exertion I mean standing and walking or using my arms while sitting. My doctor has my pacer set to 70 but my junctionals come in much higher and at pretty much any pace I exert to. My pacer is working 90% of the time. When the pacer is on i am great.. when my heart kicks in due to exertion then the junctional kicks in.

My first attempt to stop junctional was Metroprolol at 12.5 2xs a day... this did not affect it. I then doubled to 25 and my blood pressure got too low, I was very dizzy upon standing and about 90/52 but I still had junctional beats.

What is working for o...

 

hai,

like to know the proper diet plan ....we actually living in South Asia(Tamilnadu, India)

any suggestions please....

 

Hay everyone just recently been diagnosed with angina, am rather worried as i already have very severe vaso vagal syndrome, pots, a murmer and a leaky mitral valve. Am also the owner of a boston bsi scientific 40 altrua pacemaker!!!. Any info or advice will be most greatfuly received!!!

 

Anne M Gillis, who's currently the president of the Heart Rhythm Society, has written a great article on patient education. If all clinics had established the procedure her centre has for newly diagnosed arrhythmia patients, many of us would certainly be better off! Here's the link:
http://www.cxvascular.com/crn-features/cardiac-rhythm-news---features/an-approach-to-patient-education-and-raising-greater-awareness-of-heart-rhythm-disorders

 

Hello fellow pacemaker recipients.

Thank you to you all for help given so far, am just writing to see if any of you have had similar problems after having pacemaker, as said previously I had my dual lead P/M put in on 30/1/2013 and been back to hospital a few times since with rythm and rate problems.
Was put on Flecainide/tambocor last week ( Wed), and are wanting me to take metoprolol starting this Thurs, I had to call a cardioligist at the hospital yesterday ( Sat) as was experiencing, headaches, dizzyness, sensitivity to sunlight, palpitations and generally feeling lousy.
He told me to stop taking the tablets which were 5omg twice daily dosage, to me these are not good for me anyway I feel. it took a while but have ...

 

I received a PM in Nov 2012 (age 38) and at my 5 week appointment my doctor proscribed Pindolol (a blood pressure medication) after I told him that I still had some symptoms like I had before the PM and also had some throbbing in my abdomen on the opposite side of my heart. He wasn't gong to prescribe my anything until I told him that. My blood pressure was fine as it always has been. I really don't like the meds because they cause symptoms worse than some of the symptoms caused by Bradycardia. I told the doctor and now I have a prescription for Atenolol. I haven't taken any yet.
My doctor is apparently a great doctor which means he is extremely busy. I don't think that he really has time to figure out what the problems are. Pa...

 

I am new here and this is my first post. I had my Medtronics PM put in on 11/30/12. All is well, but I am wondering if any of you here are also on meds for high blood pressure. I take nadalol, lisinopril, and amlodopine to control my blood pressure and lansaprasol for my acid reflux. Since I started with the nadalol I have been really sluggish and wonder if any of you have the same experience.

 

Hi Everyone, Haven't been on in a while. Four of my siblings have passed away since the end of Sept, so I've been pretty down. I received an MRI compatible PM back in July. My question is has anyone had an MRI done that has a MRI compatilbe PM? I'm going tomorrow for one and was wondering what to expect. I need a MRI done of my brain. Thanks.

 

hi is having a cardioversion when you have a pacemaker safe and has anyone else had one ?

 

Do anybody have information on solar flares and the impact on pacemakers? Thanks, BVM

 

Hi
I have been on Ivabradine for a while now Is anyone else having bad side affects or symptoms on this drug. !

 

I finally am off meteperol or however you spell it I feel fine all day but now at night in early eve I get the heaviness in chest & the short breats & the flutters why at night & not durring the day can it be that I need the metoperol again?

 

Hi everyone!

I am a 21 yr old with a complete heart block. I got my pacemaker last yr. Since then, I have been feeling great. But the two last visits to my EP, the ecg showed a high heart rate around 130's But my PM interrogation shows that my heart rate is usually in the 80's 50% of the time. It may be that I got nervous seeing a doctor. But now my cardiologist is suggesting beta blockers because my heart rate has been high for the last two visits. I dont want to start on beta blockers. Is there anyone else who's gone through this?

 

Hi People;

Just reading thru some of the replies and comments on meds like flecainide/tambocor and metoprolol and the scary feedback as to what you all have experienced with these medications.
My Atrial flutter or fib is not much better for having th e PM put in last week although having said that my slow and irregular heartrate has been stemmed I think but the fast rate seems worse than prior to my PM which concerns me and you feel in some way was it worth it because you feel worse in that way than before, last night and the night before for instance went to bed and after lying down my heart rate was banging away at about 100bpm which is scary when you are used to it only being around 60-65.

Am thinking of tryi...

 

Has anyone hear of flecainide causing angina?

I got a PM June 2011 for very low heart rate. Because of occasional A-fib I was prescribed Flecainide about the same time. The drug seemed to do the trick for A-fib and also seemed to suppress palpitations. But after angioplasty and pavement of stint in Dec 2011, I was put on a whole cocktail of drugs. Because I complained about so many drugs, my cardiologist said I could stop Flecainide. During the past year my PM recorded two episodes of A-fib and I felt more and more palpitations. So I went back to Flecainide, which I began without ramping up from low dose to 100mg bid, just full dose right away. Within 4 days I developed fairly strong angina, but it was controlled with a n...

 

Hi,

My Dr. said he set my pacemaker so my heart rate does not go below 60. I have a pulse-ox machine that also shows the heart rate and it is indicating my heart rate droping into the 50's. Is this possible?
Thanks

 

Hi, looking forward to my follow up with the Tech people next week. I've had a range of side effects with the Bisoprolol 2.5 mg. From Stomach cramps to numbness in lower legs and cold hands and feet etc.My GP wants to lower the dose to 1.5 but will wait till after next weeks appointment. here in the UK the info given when starting the drug is in my opinion very sparse, I learnt more on here. I'm told what not to take with it, but not told for instance what anti-inflammitary I can use for, say, a bad back or similar. I've tried to source on line meds you can use with Bisoprolol with no success, anyone else know of products acceptable? I also now get a very dry mouth at night, any ideas for that too! Thanks for any help. Brian

 

Hello,
Thi sis my first posting but I would like to say thanks a lot to all those who have answered previous questions because they have helped a great deal.
I had my bi ventricular pacemaker fitted December 10th 2012 , so am very new to being battery operated. I go for first rehabilitation this afternoon. I live in north west England .
My question please is, I have developed a very dry cough, non productive. I keeps me awake, wakes me up, makes me wretch and nothing just cough and feeling awful.
I think it's since taking the spironalactone/aldactone. Been getting worse in last month. Doctor gave me a nose spray for twice a day, and I am off for X-ray today.
Any comments/ helpful suggestions? I am 60 years old ha...

 

I have passed out 8 times in 2012 and was diagnosed early on with neurocadiogenic syncope. On the 7th episode, while at our vacation home, a cardiologist suspected heart block because each episode was completely different. So he implanted a loop recorder and continued to monitor me and I sought out an electro physiologist in my home town for a second opinion. The EP said I had neurocadiogenic syncope and felt he wouldn't have put in the recorder but now that it was in no harm done. A few months later I had my eighth episode which clearly showed my heart stopped beating for 27 seconds very similar to the previous episodes as far as symptoms. The first cardiologist implanted a pacemaker immediately. Think all is good I visited the EP ...