Heart rate of 120

Hello all , just wanted to confirm with you all if its normal to have heart rate of 120 . My dad just had pacemaker surgery last month and doctor suggested to lower the heart rate. He started Ivarbrad 5mg medication , but after couple of days my dad started facing breathing issues. So we thought of stopping the medicine and after that the heart rate varies from 90-130 . Our cardiologist is off for a month and we are not comfortable taking medication from someone else. Just wondering if this heart rate is not too much . After stopping the medication , their is kmprovement in breathing issue ... not entirely gone we just stopped yesterday mornig . Thanks

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Thanks for suggestion

by NehaB - 2021-06-18 19:49:39

Thanks for suggestion , appreciate it. We had appointment with another cardiologist and they put him in another couple of pulse regulating medicines along with beta blockers. We are very scared to start other medicines again without consent ofnour doctor. We just haave booked appointment with another cardiologist for monday. I just wanted to check if anyone else having this pulse rate as well . 

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by AgentX86 - 2021-06-18 20:30:38

A resting heart rate of 120bpm is very dangerous, at least long term. Anything over 100bpm is technically "tachycardia" which will likely end up in cardiomyopathy (or if there already, make it much worse).

I agree with ar_vin.  He needs an epectrophysiologist (EP), now!  This is beyond the scope of cardiology and is clearly in the domain of an EP.

Don't stop any medication without direction of a doctor who is competent in the dicipline.  A GP isn't going to cut it here .  If he has trouble breathing, an ER is in order, hopefully one large enough to have a cardiologist on call.  In any case, don't put up with any doctor who leaves you in purgatory for a month.  That's just not acceptable.

Heart rate of 120

by sandoval - 2021-06-18 21:35:07

I had HR of 110 doing nothing which went down when I walked out and about to normal. I'm getting a Holter monitor on Monday but in the 6 weeks I've been waiting I tried various breathing techniques which help to the point I'm not sure I need the Holter now but may as well just in case. One method is called the Buteyko method but there are several others. Worth looking at before trying new drugs imo.

Heart rate of 120

by TAC - 2021-06-19 11:26:25

A heart rate is 120 is not normal. Your father has heart failure and that was the reason why he was prescribed Ivarbrad. This medication helps to slow down the heart rate and improve the pumping action of the heart. The breathing problem could be a symptm of his heart failure and not a side effect from his medicine. The pacemaker will not cure his heart failure. It was probably placed to prevent ventricular fibrillation with a built-in defibrillator. You father needs follow up. He must have already an electrophisiologist, the one that implanted the PM. His medical condition appears to be very delicate.

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