EnRhythm Failure

My pacemaker, a Medtronic EnRhythm has caused problems for the past 6 weeks. My heart rhythm problems were, at first, thought to be caused by a new generic medication, but after a quite severe episode, a read-out of the pacemaker was done and it had gone to default and was causing rhythm disruptions.
The failure is in the battery coating and is happening in about 10%
of the implants. Be warned.

1 Comments

Hi:)

by Pookie - 2011-11-28 05:11:35

Thanks for sharing this information as I'm sure a lot of us will be due for replacement sooner or later and not all doctors are that forthcoming with this type of information - if they even know about it.

10% is probably a low number, but when you're in that 10% I can just imagine just unhappy you are.

So, in your case, what, if anything, is going to be done?

Pookie

You know you're wired when...

You play MP3 files on your pacer.

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