[email hidden] (uplbet) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:I had my PM, a Medtronics KDR701 (DDDR), implanted 14 months ago.
A month ago I underwent my last (third) PM control. At the end of the
visit, the cardiologist told me he had increased the AV interval of my
PM in order to increase my spontaneous cardiac activity.
Matter of fact, I see the following setting changes (I do not know
which are the primary and the secondary ones) reported on the paper
printout he left me:
- min. frequency: down from 60 to 50 per minute
- stimulated AV: up from 150 to 250 ms
- measured AV: up from 120 to 140 ms
- ventricular catheter sensitivity: up from 2.80 to 4.00 mV.Bad news: since that last control, now and then I have been feeling
series, lasting one to two minutes, of spasms coming from my heart
region, specially when laying down. During those spasms I cannot
notice any irregularity in my pulse rate.
What could be the reason of those (unpleasant) symptoms?
Might be that the PM is stimulating your diaphragm. Does it feel like
a hiccup?
Quoted message said:The next PM control is scheduled next december: should I worry and
request an earlier control?
If the above, it is not life-threatening but getting it addressed
sooner may help you sleep better :-)
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Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com/