Here I am again ..
- by Pacer2019
- 2024-01-11 01:43:09
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Well here I am again .... In 2007 bad a 5x bypass .44 years old .
2019 my AV node stopped working so I had a pacemaker installed .
This year i learned my EF rate was 30 - heart failure in April .
Now its 2024 and I just had a new PM installed with new wires - one is a "shocker " then other pacing the LV
scares me to think where or how this all ends !
what brought me in this time is chest pressure that never went away - not pain but pressure .
I hope this helps and buys me more time 😳
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by Pacer2019 - 2024-01-13 01:47:40
I have never had a heart attack -I'm 2007 I had some warning signs - ended up in a cath lab where they told me I was 90% blocked in onside and 70 on the other .
It is a new development and it was mentioned with more pacing there is a chance EF could improve - that is my hope !
it was also mentioned that sometimes with single wire pacing patients can end up like me .
You know you're wired when...
Your device makes you win at the slot machines.
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by USMC-Pacer - 2024-01-11 13:34:53
You don't say if they told you the reason for your low EF. Was it a new development, or was it due to your heart attack? If it's new, it's possibly due to your last device (pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy - PICM for short)
Is your new "shocker" device a CRT? If your issues are also do to ventricle dissyncrony, a CRT device could help improve your EF.
Just a few random thoughts not knowing more specifics. Hope it helps