PACEMAKER IMPLANT

does a pacemaker implant lead to long term damage of heart muscle?

i ask this as my troponin levels are continuously raised; day after using the gym it was 85! normal being up to 14?

 

2 Comments

pacing

by Tracey_E - 2017-11-01 10:05:11

The pacer makes a very minimal signal which mimics what the heart should be doing on its own. That said, pacing can be hard on the heart long term but most of us do not see the effects of it, and the alterative (not pacing) would be far worse. 

remodeling

by marylandpm - 2017-11-02 16:20:56

 I asked my EP if exercising was causing a increase rate of remodeling and he said that I must exercise to remain healthy.

Jack

 

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