Pacemaker Club: Lead fallen off?

Lead fallen off?

by Queen50
2018-04-14 22:35:52
Complications
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4 comments

Can anyone tell me what it feels like to have their lead torn off or in the wrong position?

I had a pace maker maker put in March 5 2018. I’ve experienced chest pain ever since. Been to the hospital twice and they compared the chest X-rays and the finding was the atrial lead wire shows a change in orientation and may no longer be properly positioned which could affect pacemaker function. I couldn’t figure out why people on this forum were so good after implantation and I wasn’t. Maybe this is it. Finally. But I would really like to hear how others feel with leads not attached. What are the symptoms? Mine feels scratchy and as if something is pressing on my heart. With thanks as always.

4 Comments

lead

by clairenorm - 2018-04-15 14:28:23

Hi I had the same thing with my first pacemaker they had to go back in after 6 months of having it fitted and do it again.

claire

symptoms

by Queen50 - 2018-04-15 15:49:11

Would you be able to tell me what your symptoms were? It feels like a scratchy sensation or something pushing on my heart.

Symptoms

by clairenorm - 2018-04-15 18:46:21

Sorry but I didn't have those sensations. It does sound like you need to get it sorted out very soon. Sorry I couldn't answer. I wish you all the best. Claire

misplaced lead

by Dexter - 2018-04-16 13:40:30

I had to be wheeled back to surgery from the recovery room after my pacemaker surgery because I was experiencing sharp pains every time I inhaled. Turns out the lead had been placed too far in and had come out the other side of my heart adjacent to the lung. The surgeon blamed it on my heart "being smaller than usual," meaning I guess that I had a healthy normal-sized heart (but with Sick Sinus Syndrome), not the enlarged ones he was used to dealing with. They fixed it and the pain disappeared.