MY HUSBAND'S PM & FUTURE ABLATION

• by MHCHAMPION
• 2009-04-05 10:04:32
• Conditions, Meds & Tests
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Hi,
I've been a member here for a long time; having had a PM almost 4 years now but haven't been on lately as I have been recovering from a revised total knee surgery.

After a walking stress test where his heart rate went to 153 in about a minute on the treadmill, my Cardiologist implanted my husband with a PM the next week. He did not turn it on yet as he is going to do an ablation 3 weeks from date of the implant. My hubby's heart rate goes from 48 to 70s and then to 98 or more in just a few beats. It scared me as I watched his monitor while he was in the holding room after the implant. We knew it did that but seeing it make it real. He takes his BP and pulse each morning and sometimes gets three different pulse rates one after the other.
Question: Has anyone here had a PM implant and then an ablation to slow down the heart rate and then the PM is turned on and programmed to regulate the rate? Reason for waiting three weeks from implant was to be sure the wires are seated well and lessen the risk of infection.
I look forward to hearing from you, my friends and pacers.
Thanks.