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Rapid Pulse

Hi, everyone! This is my first post. I had a pacemaker implanted at the end of Jan. I was in 3rd degree heart block. Since then I have a rapid heart rate all the time. It runs from 90-115 all the time. The doctor has recently increased my beta blocker, but that makes my blood pressure really low. Has anyone else had this problem?

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Please Help!

Hi. I am new on here today. I live in the UK. I have been reading all your messages on here for a while, to try & learn more about my situation. It seems that some of you have been through similar, so I am writing in the hope some of you might be able to help me please.

I was diagnosed with IST 15 months ago. My EP has tried beta blockers & calcium channel blockers to try & control my symptoms, but they didn't work. He put me on Ivabradine in February, which did slow down my sinus nod...

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Feeling Rubbish

I stopped my beta blockers yesterday on my cardiologist's adivce. Both he and my family doctor think the dose I was on (1.25mg bisoprolol) was doing nothing.

Clearly they are wrong. I feel rubbish! My heart will race at anything. Last night, I woke up at 1am ready to run a marathon, and couldn't get back to sleep. I'm still full of adrenaline and can't sit still! This from someone who with the heart block fell asleep at 9pm whether they wanted to or not and didn't wake up until...

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Multaq Warning

I was hospitalized for a week recently for Congestive Heart Failure. My cardiologist told me that 50% of people taking Multaq experience Congestive Heart Failure.
Multaq never worked for me. I was taken off it for 3 days then put on Tikosyn and then a cardioversion. So far so good 4 days since they started me on Tikosyn and I'm still in sinus rythym.
I can breathe and sleep well. Wish they have given it to me before. I was in Atrial Fibrillation 100% of the time till about a week ago....

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Lack of energy!

Hi,
I'm just curious with all you pacers out there if any of you have had similar problems as I have had. I know I have a different story but gees this lack of energy stuff is getting old. My test results came back that my adrenal gland is not functioning still and I have been on steroids to produce cortisol since feb. No change. They have not given me any answers to as why they can figure out why this is happening. Also now my ACTH is coming back really low before it was not but now is....

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A-fib

I have a question, I received a pacemaker April 2009, love it! I have a history of A-fib, does the pacemaker stop that? Some times I feel the "flutter" Thanks, Mary Ann alohapumbaa@hotmail.com

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Mammogram

To Frank......was that comment sarcastic or just what you thought was funny????? If you've ever had a mammogram, which apparently you have not (and you better believe that men too get breast cancer), you'd not make a joke about it. Having a mammo is no fun, it normally hurts, a lot, and the scare of having your breast crushed under a heavy machine while you have a pacemaker and leads to worry about is not anything to make light of.

Marilyn

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inr 1.2

hi all hope everyone enjoying this nice weather ,may i ask does stress cause inr leavels to drop this last month hubbys inr has droped from 2.4 to 1.5 then yesterday had a call from them it now gone down to 1.2 yes he missed one dose about 3 weeks ago and the only other thing that has changed is we have had some dispute with daughter an hubby has been stressed this last 4 weeks i was woundering if this could cause it to go low his dose has been increased to 9mg a day and to c hematology doc on...

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Mammogram

Had a Medtronic pacemaker installed 11/19/09, went for my 6 month checkup yesterday and apparently all if well. Aside from the fact that the pocket has shifted, which is ok with me, because I do not want another surgery. Hopefully the danged thing will settle into one place within a year, so I am told by the cardiologist. My mammogram was due in February but being the chicken that I am and having this PM shifted a bit, I wonder if it is too soon to have a mammogram. I reluctantly made an...

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Heart pumps slowly

Hi, everyone!
I was wondering if you can give me some information ... I have just returned from a visit to my cardiologist who said my pacemaker is working fine but my heart is pumping only at 50%. What does this mean? Wouldn't my pacemaker take care of my heart pumping? Is this a serious condition? Thank you so much for reading my post and hopefully, giving me some answers! Ariela

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Atrial Fib concern and medication

Are there medications other than Amiodorone to control A-Fib? After 5 yrs of Ami, I had a cardiac arrest and the thought was that the med might have had something to do with it...I went from a PM to an ICD and have done well since 2006 until about 1 week ago when I started up with A-Fib again...Would like to know how other's are being controlled with medications other than what I was on. Has it helped you? I'm having an EKG this afternoon at the Cardiologist office...I know what it feels like...

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Ginkgo Biloba

Hi all, Anyone know if it is safe to take Ginkgo Biloba supplement after having a Pm, I have been told it could help with memory loss recovery and possibly with finger and toe tingling. Best wishes to all on this brilliant site.

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Vasovagal Syncope

Hello everyone.

I was wondering if anyone else on the site has had a PM implanted due to vasovagal syncope?

I had my first PM put in a week ago today, and I'm recovery fairly well compared to other heart procedures I've had done.

I had a PFO closure with cardio seal implant 4 years ago. After the device was implanted my heart "paused" for 14 seconds in the hospital. Which lead my cardiologist to believe that I have vasovagal responses.

With that said...

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PT's for Coumadin done at home?

I read an advertisement on this site from Phillips re "PT (Pro-tine) blood tests done at home rather than having to travel miles to a lab to be drawn. I think they are similiar to testing your blood sugars with a "finger stick".
Is anyone using this method? It would sure make things easier . I responded to their ad and they are suppose to contact your Dr. for approval.
Currently it's a 70 mile round trip to the nearest lab. Often the day I'm supppose to drive there, I don't feel well e...

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Echo

I had an echocardiogram done in September when I got my PM. Something I've been thinking about and that remains confusing to me is that the EP who put in the PM said she never actually looked at any of my valves etc.... that she was just looking for electrical functioning.

From what I understand...the echo looks at your valves. Is that correct? I was told the echo in combination with blood work (cholesterol) and a stress test were all the information they needed to determine if my hea...

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Heart Rate

Another problem, aside from my not finding a bra to wear. My pacemaker is set at 60 beats per minute, however, when I walk up the stairs or down the stairs or for that matter, just walk, my pulse rate sky rockets. I've asked the doc about this and they say its normal. When I sit down the pulse rate goes back to 60 or 61. I never had this problem before the pacemaker was installed. I also used to exercise with weights every day and haven't done so because my pacemaker pocket shifted, which th...

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fish oil

i was just wondering,if people tried diferent brands of fish oiland had any prolbems,going to the bathroom thanks

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Ticosyn

Has anyone used Ticosyn? Thats the next step for my AF.
Can't do an ablation for 4 more months because of my last surgery so a hospital stay for 3 days to try Ticosyn then another cardioversion and have been told by my new cardiologist who is a gem it might help me get out of AF for a little while till I can have an ablation. I have been in AF 100% of the time since my surgery in March.
Thanks for any help.

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inr came back as droped to 1.5

hi everyone its me again my husband has mitral merchanicl valve and a pm had them nearly 2 yrs this week his inr has droped to 1.5 we had the slip come this morning with this on as from tonight he starts a higher dose ive hear that a inr of 1.5 is not safe can any one tell me if there is sumat more we should do as well as start the new doseage tonight and what can a inr of this low can cause still getting my head round all this inr thing thanx for any advice

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Tachycardias

I am 26 yrs old and I just had a pacemaker put in on April1 due to total heart block. My heart was skipping 6 beats at a time, sometimes more, on a daily basis. Since I had the pacer put in, I have developed even more problems. I now have a fast heartrate (at rest it has been as high as 160+ beats per minute) and have been put on betablockers. Has anyone had anything similar happen to them? I am a little worried that I went in with one problem, had it fixed and now have another problem that I ne...

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