Ectopics & Fatigue

[GrahamVR46]

Hi, I am new to this forum but I wonder if anyone has any thoughts or comments on my situation. I’m a 66 year old retired male. I had a three lead CRT-D fitted in September and I am now unwell with ectopic beats and general fatigue. I have been to my GP and the hospital several times. At the 6 week ICD checkup, they turned on Rate Response. Could this be causing the issue or could it be that the setting of 55bpm is too low? Many thanks.

[Deejay62]

You should contact the device clinic and explain all to them.

I once had my settings changed to run daily and I didn’t know. When I was sitting or in bed I felt like I was running a race my heart seemed like it was going continuous at speed. I called them and they invited me in the EP said because my heart function is so low that setting should not be done so they took it off and it felt better.

Mine is on 70 bpm.