treadmill exercise ---higher heart rate

will a pacemaker limit your upper heart rate as you exercise?

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I have bradycardia.......

by biceps72 - 2011-09-05 07:09:45

so my pm has 60 beats per minute as a LOWER LIMIT. When my heart rate drops to 60 beats/minute it "kicks in". As I understand it I can easily go >140 bpm if I am working that hard.

If you have a rapid heart rate then I can imagine a PM will be programmed to "slow" the heart rate at some point (eg. 140 bpm-- the PM might slow your heart rate when your heart rate gets that fast.

only.......

by biceps72 - 2011-09-05 07:09:51

if an upper limit is programmed

Pacemaker And Heart Rate

by SMITTY - 2011-09-05 09:09:05


Hello WW,

The only purpose of a pacemaker is to increase heart rates when needed. It cannot slow or inhibit the heart rate.

The PM has a low and a high set point and these may be different for different people. The PM is designed to keep your heart rate from going below the low set point. It will continue to monitor and help out as needed to maintain a steady heart rhythm until your heart reaches the upper set point. At that time the PM sits on the side line and is a monitor only until your heart rate drops below the upper setting. At that time it will again help as needed.

Most PMs have a rate response feature and if activated on yours it will monitor your physical activity and increase your heart rate to the maximum setting on the RR. The maximum setting on the rate response may be different from the other upper set point on your PM.

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