Afib heart rate anything from 27- 87 bpm doing very little. EF 43 2 Yrs ago. Recent Chest Infection.
Breathlessness
Chronic Kidney Disease
Underactive Thyroid
Hiatus Hernia
I will probably think of more but what determines the need for a pacemaker? At the moment everyone is trying to get meds to control my heart rate but it seems an impossible task. I would love to try a pacemaker because it seems my only hope to having a bit of life right now. I was given dioxin but hospital phoned and told me not to take it because bp very low 80 /40 at most.
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I was breathless and have hypothyroidism but neither of those influenced the need for my pacemaker, I had it because of heart block pauses and low rate.
When I had the 24 hour monitor it recorded a number of cardiac events of 2.85 seconds and a number of times only 27 beats per minute. Is that what you mean by block pauses and is that close to what you experienced?
I have 2nd degree heart block where if I remember rightly the interval gets longer then you get a pause which gives the symptoms, I think mine were between 3-5 secs. I also have AF, SVT and ectopics so difficult to know which causes the most problems ! I refused an ablation and asked for a pm instead as my late husband was so much better when he had his pm.
I have various illnesses includingcopd,af,diabetes.Since having a pm/de fib/fitted ,my breathing is much better and I have not had any chest infections suffered annually previously.Cannot possibly see any downside to having one.
Thank you for your reassurance. I have been asking for a while but as I've not seen a consultant for 12 months there is no-one listening. What brought me to the fore was a chest infection. I was in hospital 5 days on monitors and would have been longer but they felt I would safer from covis at home. I am breathless on the smallest activity like getting dressed.
Yes my heart rate drops at night. Lowest ive seen is 27 bpm. I do feel faint when I stand up. I have never heard of blue foot disease. I also have fainted in my recliner im sure. I thought I was falling asleep but the 24 hour monitor shows gaps in my h.r. of 2.85 seconds. So I have the low pulse rate, AF, EF was 43 2 years ago but have just had scan and technician said its a lot lower but waiting results. So it looks like I should get one. The problem will be how long will the list be? I would like to go private. I've waited long enough but I have to be referred I believe.
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